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Alberto Dainese becomes first Italian winner in 2022 Giro
The Spaniard Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek) retained the leader’s pink jersey.
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The Spaniard Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek) retained the leader’s pink jersey.
Girmay yesterday became the first black African to win a stage of a Grand Tour and then injured his eye when popping the celebratory champagne.
He is the first Black African to win a stage on any of the three grand tours.
Spain’s Juan Pedro Lopez holds the pink jersey after the ninth stage of the Giro D’Italia.
The 35-year-old Lotto rider snatched victory over 153km around the southern city of Naples.
Challengers Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz finished at the same time as the other title pretenders 2min 59sec adrift of the winner.
It was a 16th stage win at the event for the British 36-year-old who is riding the Italian grand tour after a nine-year break.
The Bike Exchange cyclist crossed the Budapest finish line in the 9.2lm time-trial just faster of Mathieu van der Poel and Tom Dumoulin.
Bernal takes the maglia rosa ahead of Damiano Caruso and Simon Yates.
Meanwhile, a 14th place finish from Dan Martin saw the Irish cyclist maintain his place in the top 10 of the overall standings.
The Irishman finished third, behind Italians Alberto Bettiol and Simone Consonni.
Dan Martin mapped it out, led from the breakaway and ‘killed morale’ in the final two kilometres of an extraordinary ride.
The win means Martin has now completed the set of Grand Tour stage wins.
Dan Martin moves up to 12th in the GC after finishing with the main bunch.
Dan Martin finished 12th.
Dan Martin finished Stage 13 safely with the main bunch in 65th place.
Martin finished in 40th place in Stage 11 of the tour.
Fernando Gaviria was in second place with Italian Davide Cimolai in third.
Slovenia’s Matej Mohoric, meanwhile, was taken to hospital after a horror crash on a descent.
It means the Irish star is currently 47 seconds off race leader Attila Valter.
Martin is now just 47 seconds behind the new leader Attila Valter after stage six.
After today’s results, Dan Martin is 19th in the general classification, while Nicolas Roche is 58th.
Ireland’s Dan Martin sits 21st in general classification after his 19th-place finish today.
Italy’s Filippo Ganna increased his lead by three seconds to 16 seconds.
Tim Merlier won a sprint finish for the second stage of the event.
Nicolas Roche and Dan Martin both took part in the 8.6km time-trial through Turin.
Geoghegan Hart joins Wiggins, Froome, Thomas and Yates on the list of British Grand Tour winners.
Two riders from two other teams, including Dutchman Steven Kruijswijk, have also tested positive.
The Movistar rider came through an uneventful time trial as the winner having led since stage 14.
Meanwhile, pink jersey holder Richard Carapaz now has one hand on the trophy
Esteban Chaves claimed victory in today’s penultimate mountain stage.
Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz, riding for Movistar, holds the overall leader’s jersey.
Ireland duo Eddie Dunbar and Connor Dunne crossed in 43rd and 133rd respectively today.
Ireland’s Eddie Dunbar and Conor Dunne are flying the flag, with the former 22nd overall.
Richard Carapaz shot to the top of the overall standings with his impressive solo summit finish to take stage 14 yesterday.
The 25-year-old edged ahead of Primoz Roglic in the standings after breaking from the chief contenders on the Giro’s toughest hill yet.
The Briton lost over two minutes to general classification rivals Primoz Roglic and Vincenzo Nibali.
The 22-year-old Team INEOS rider finished strongly as the race made its way to the Italian Alps.
With the Australian rider earning a second win, it allowed his French opponent to seize the maglia ciclamino.
The win leaves Roglic in second place in the overall standings behind overnight leader Valerio Conti of Italy,
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