Giro d’Italia 2022 Stage 13 LIVE – Can Mark Cavendish survive early climb and force sprint showdown?

Stay tuned for live updates from Felix Lowe on Friday or watch uninterrupted live coverage above Ad/> Oldani wins Stage 12 from breakaway as Kelderman, Hamilton claw back time Giro d'ItaliaGiro d'Italia Stage 13 — Route map, how to watch Cavendish in ‘last-chance saloon’31 MINUTES AGO Alpecin-Fenix made their numbers matter on the longest stage of the Giro d’Italia on Thursday with what pundit Robbie McEwen described as “an elaborate decoy game” from the Belgian team. The presence of Dutch star Mathieu van der Poel and compatriot Oscar Reisebeek helped pave the way for a first professional win for Italy’s Stefano Oldani, who held off Lorenzo Rota (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert) and Dutchman Gijs Leemreize (Jumbo-Visma) in a thrilling three-up sprint in Genova.

The trio kicked clear on the third and final climb of the day during the 204km stage from Parma before holding a chasing quartet at bay on the fast run to the finish. Dutch veteran Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) won the sprint for fourth ahead of Colombia’s Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), Dutchman Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Australia’s Lucas Hamilton (BikeExchange-Jayco).

Van der Poel and Reisebeek were all smiles when they crossed the line almost eight minutes down alongside the remnants of the day’s 25-man break, over a minute ahead of a peloton that was brought home by the Trek teammates of the Spanish race leader Juan Pedro Lopez. Read the full report here — — - Stream the Giro d'Italia live and on-demand on discovery+.

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