Belgian cyclist crashes after dog runs into peloton during race in Italy
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Giro d’Italia 2023: Alberto Contador backs Joao Almeida to take fight to Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic
Alberto Contador has backed Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) to push for a podium at the Giro d’Italia – but fellow Eurosport expert Jens Voigt is not so sure. With six stages ticked off, the Portuguese is 1’00” adrift of maglia rosa incumbent Andreas Leknessund (DSM) and 32” down on pre-race favourite Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep). Ad Evenepoel is expected to come under pressure on Friday's Stage 7 after his double crash on Wednesday, including a run-in with a stray dog.
Giro d’Italia 2023: Disaster for breakaway as Mads Pedersen snatches Stage 6 win, Remco Evenepoel fights on
This time a year ago, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) had not won a stage on a Grand Tour. On Thursday, the 27-year-old Dane was a stage winner in all three after completing the milestone in just 251 days. In so doing, Pedersen denied Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) the chance of achieving the same feat in what would have been a lengthier but no less sweet 3,915 days.
Pedersen wins stage six of Giro after duo caught 300m from finish
Mads Pedersen of Trek–Segafredo held his nerve to win stage six of the Giro d'Italia in the final sprint on Thursday after the peloton caught up with a breakaway duo of Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi 300 metres from the finish.
Pedersen wins stage six of Giro after breakaway duo caught with 300 metres left
Mads Pedersen of Trek–Segafredo held his nerve to win stage six of the Giro d'Italia in the final sprint on Thursday after the peloton caught up with a breakaway duo of Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi 300 metres from the finish line.
Marc Marquez 'really happy to be back' as Honda announces Spaniard will return to action at French GP
Honda’s Marc Marquez will return to action at the MotoGP French Grand Prix having recovered from a hand injury suffered in March. The six-time MotoGP champion crashed into Miguel Oliveira in the first race of the season in Portimao on March 26, subsequently missing his home race at the Spanish GP as well as the Argentina GP and Americas GP.
Mike Ballard has united loyalties at canoe World Cup in Hungary
Mike Ballard says he feels like an “honorary member of the UAE team” despite competing in USA colours at the ICF International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Cup in Hungary.
Giro d'Italia 2023 Stage 6: Preview, how to watch, TV and live stream details, route map and profile, when race starts
It's a Napolitano day at the Giro d’Italia! Stage 6 on Thursday, May 11 sees the riders start and finish in Naples as Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) seeks to bounce back from his double crash on Wednesday. The Belgian favourite appeared to be out of the race after hitting the deck when a dog ran into the peloton, but after spending over a minute on the tarmac he belatedly returned to the saddle. But the drama was not over.