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Isreal Start-Up Nation’s Alex Dowsett rode to an impressive solo victory on the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia. The former world hour record holder is no stranger to riding alone, and once the time trial specialist got daylight, the race was over. Behind him the race for second came from the remains of the …

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Simon Yates is out of the Giro d’Italia after a positive test for COVID-19. According to a statement from his Mitchelton-Scott team, the 28-year-old Briton began feeling “very mild symptoms” after Friday’s stage 7. Team medical staff requested a rapid test for coronavirus, which registered a positive result, and a followup PCR test confirmed that …

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Arnaud Démare powered to his second straight win and his third in four days at the Giro d’Italia on Friday, sprinting to victory on stage 7. Démare was well-positioned for the final kick and delivered on the finishing straight, holding off Peter Sagan to nab the win and extend his lead in the points classification. …

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Arnaud Démare won stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia, nabbing his second victory so far in this year’s race in a sprint finale in Matera. The 29-year-old Frenchman was well-placed just a few riders off the front as the race rounded the final corner and he was the first of the marquee speedsters to launch …

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Grand Tours haven’t gone this badly for Team Ineos/Sky since 2014. Every year since then, the team’s won at least one three-week race. In 2017 and 2018, it won two. So far in 2020, Ineos has had both of its GC campaigns fall to pieces. The team will be ruing its misfortune, and rightly so, …

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