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2020 Giro d'Italia, Features, Interviews, Jai Hindley, Racing - November 2, 2020

A week on the couch and an eye on the future: A chat with Jai Hindley

Jai Hindley rolled down the start ramp of the last stage of the Giro d’Italia wearing the maglia rosa and a fair bit of pressure on his shoulders. 15.7 km later, he’d relinquished both to Tao Geoghegan Hart, claiming second overall in this strange season’s second Grand Tour. In a turbulent and at times tense …

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2020 Giro d'Italia, Features, Racing, Videos - October 28, 2020

The Giro you don’t see: Battle of future stars

Following up on our behind the scenes of the Tour de France, we wanted to show you a little peak behind the curtains of the Giro d’Italia. A grand tour with a slow burn, the Giro gave cycling fans hope for the future, with many young talents shining in the final week. João Almeida impressed …

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With Tao Geoghegan Hart’s Giro win, Ineos enters a new era

In the shadow of Milan’s Duomo, one of the tightest Grand Tours in history came down to a time-trial between two young climbing domestiques. Racing to retain a race lead of milliseconds was Sunweb’s West Australian, Jai Hindley. Racing to claim Ineos’ 11th Grand Tour was 25-year-old Londoner, Tao Geoghegan Hart. As has so often …

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Take a bow, Jai Hindley

In the end, Jai Hindley (Sunweb) wore pink for less than 19 minutes of racing. He took the maglia rosa on stage 20, locked on the same time as Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos), but Geoghegan Hart had Hindley’s measure in the Giro’s final-stage time trial. It was always going to be a tough ask for …

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Izagirre wins Vuelta stage 6 as Carapaz rides into red

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Ion Izagirre ascended to victory out of the breakaway on stage 6 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday while Richard Carapaz rode into the red jersey after picking up time in the GC battle. Izagirre jumped out of the main breakaway on the final climb to Aramón Formigal after a setup attack by his …

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