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2020 Giro d'Italia, Features, Jakob Fuglsang, Opinion and analysis, Racing, Steven Kruijswijk, Vincenzo Nibali, Wilco Kelderman - October 6, 2020

Wait, so who’s the Giro d’Italia favourite now?

We’re just three days into the Giro d’Italia and already the GC battle is in sharp focus. Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) was looking like the clear favourite after a great stage 1 time trial but a couple days later the race has been blown wide open. On stage 3, Thomas was just one of a …

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Giro favorites Thomas and Yates lose big time on first mountain stage

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Just three stages into the 2020 Giro d’Italia, two of the biggest pre-race overall favorites have lost major ground in the overall battle. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) shipped over three and a half minutes to the other major GC contenders on the day, while Geraint Thomas lost enough time to drop out of GC contention altogether. …

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Caicedo wins Giro stage 3, GC battle sees major shakeup: Daily News Digest

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(Want the Daily News Digest delivered directly to your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Hello again, CyclingTips readers, What a way to start the week. We may have had a lengthy wait to see this year’s Giro get underway, but once things got started, it wasn’t long before some major action in the GC department. Monday’s …

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Diego Ulissi wins second stage of the Giro d’Italia

Diego Ulissi (UAE-Team Emirates) took advantage of a short uphill finish tailor-made for punchy riders to win the Giro d’Italia’s second stage, attacking shortly after the red kite and holding off Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Mikkel Honoré (Deceuninck-QuickStep). Michael Matthew (Sunweb) led the peloton across the line just five seconds back. Sprinters tried to take …

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Filippo Ganna first to wear pink at Giro d’Italia, sets new TT speed record

On his brand new gold Pinarello with some snazzy rainbow decorations, Filippo Ganna of the Ineos Grenadiers won the opening time trial of the Giro d’Italia. He finished 22 seconds ahead of Deceuninck-Quick Step’s Joao Almeida and UAE-Team Emirates Mikkel Bjerg. Ganna will wear pink in the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 149km …

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Wait, so who’s the Giro d’Italia favourite now?

Giro favorites Thomas and Yates lose big time on first mountain stage

Caicedo wins Giro stage 3, GC battle sees major shakeup: Daily News Digest

Diego Ulissi wins second stage of the Giro d’Italia

Filippo Ganna first to wear pink at Giro d’Italia, sets new TT speed record

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