All articles tagged with #maglia rosa
Originally Published 7 months ago — by Cyclingnews
Simon Yates dramatically took the maglia rosa from Isaac del Toro during the Giro d'Italia on the Colle delle Finestre, positioning himself for a likely victory in Rome with one stage remaining, after a decisive attack on the race leader.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Cyclingnews
Annemiek van Vleuten wins stage 6 of the Giro Donne with a 20-second gap to Lorena Wiebes. Van Vleuten attacked on the penultimate climb and defended her lead to the finish, extending her overall lead in the general classification. Antonia Niedermaier and Urška Žigart had to abandon the race after a crash. Van Vleuten quotes Johan Cruyff, saying that attack is the best way to defend.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Cyclingnews
Geraint Thomas loses the Giro d'Italia to Primož Roglič by 14 seconds in the stage 20 mountain time trial. Thomas had raced an almost flawless Giro to this point, but the wickedly steep gradients of Monte Lussari proved his undoing. Although Thomas conceded three seconds on stage 19, it didn't feel as though he had surrendered much momentum in this contest. His 26-second buffer before Saturday's time trial seemed like it might be enough until suddenly it wasn't. In the end, he would lose the maglia rosa by 14 seconds.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Cyclingnews
Geraint Thomas conceded the maglia rosa to France's Bruno Armirail on stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia, but Ineos Grenadiers insisted it was part of their strategy for overall victory in the third week of the race. Thomas will start Sunday's stage to Bergamo 1:41 down on Armirail but still in control of his overall hopes, with his rivals still in the game for overall victory. Ineos Grenadiers' team directeur sportif Matteo Tosatto said the decision to let the maglia go was a sign of their confidence and control, not one of weakness.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Cyclingnews
Remco Evenepoel of Soudal-QuickStep won the stage 1 time trial at the 2023 Giro d'Italia, taking the first pink jersey as overall leader. He put 22 seconds into Filippo Ganna and 43 seconds into Primoz Roglic. Evenepoel produced a historic performance to take his first stage win at the Italian Grand Tour and make a huge statement as the favourite to lift the Trofeo Senza Fine in Rome in three weeks' time. The time gaps were eye-watering, with the Bahrain Victorious duo of Jack Haig and Damiano Caruso losing around 90 seconds to Evenepoel.