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Milan wins stage two of Giro in sprint finish, Evenepoel retains lead
:Italy's Jonathan Milan of Bahrain Victorious claimed his first Grand Tour stage win at the Giro d'Italia on Sunday after powering through to the finish line in the final sprint of stage two, a 202-km ride from Teramo to San Salvo.
Giro d'Italia 2023: Jonathan Milan powers to Stage 2 win after late crash tears through peloton
As is often the way on flat stages of the Giro d’Italia: nothing happens for most of the day – then everything happens at the death. And so it proved on the first road stage of the race with a crash 4km from the finish holding up sprinters and GC riders alike before Italy’s Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) won the reduced bunch sprint to secure a maiden win on his debut.
La Vuelta Femenina 2023: Gaia Realini earns stunning maiden World Tour win as Annemiek van Vleuten takes red jersey
Italy’s Gaia Realini (Trek-Segafredo) produced a stunning sprint to the line to pip Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) to Stage 6 victory at La Vuelta Femenina and take her first ever World Tour win, but the world champion was consoled by taking the leader’s red jersey. Realini played the final stages perfectly and kept pace with the Dutchwoman as the pair broke away from the rest of the field 30km from the finish, saving enough energy to win the two-up sprint even with a contentious photo finish putting some doubt into the result which was changed twice.
Miami Grand Prix: Mercedes practice pace ‘kick in the guts’ says Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes ‘desperately’ need upgrades
Mercedes' Miami Grand Prix practice session pace was “a kick in the guts”, according to Lewis Hamilton, who claims his team “desperately” need car upgrades. Hamilton was seventh fastest and 0.928 seconds off the pace of leader and world champion Max Verstappen on Friday. Ad «It's a kick in the guts and it's a little bit difficult to take sometimes,” Hamilton said.
Jens Voigt exclusive: Mark Cavendish must win two stages at Giro d'Italia to earn spot at 2023 Tour de France
Former cyclist Jens Voigt told Eurosport that he believes Mark Cavendish needs two stage wins at the Giro d’Italia to convince his team to give him a spot in their Tour de France squad. The 37-year-old Manxman is one of the greatest sprinters in the history of cycling, and in 2021 equalled the record at the Tour de France for most stages won, bringing his record up to 34.
La Vuelta Femenina: Demi Vollering powers away from Annemiek van Vleuten to collect Stage 5 win
Demi Vollering (SD Worx) moved into the leader’s red jersey after she won Stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina. The SD Worx rider made her move from a select group that also contained Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) with 2km to go of the Cat.
Primoz Roglic and his quest to not crash, how good is Remco Evenepoel? – 5 huge Giro d’Italia storylines
It’s almost here! The most eagerly-anticipated Giro d’Italia in years begins with a 19.6km individual time trial in Fossacesia on Saturday, with Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) among those hoping to snaffle the maglia rosa. Ad Evenepoel will start as narrow favourite ahead of Roglic, who has returned to the peloton in sensational form after a horror crash ended his Vuelta hopes last September. Had Roglic stayed upright, it could have been the Slovenian, and not the Belgian, who carted off with the red jersey in Spain.