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2020 Giro d'Italia, Features, Race reports, Racing -

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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Lizzie Deignan wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege Femmes

For the first time in her career, Lizzie Deignan has won in Liege. The Trek-Segafredo rider won solo out of a breakaway that went on the Côte de la Vecqueé with 50km to go. Similar to Annemiek van Vleuten in 2019, Deignan made her winning move from said break on the Côte de la Redoute. …

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Take a bow: Mathieu van der Poel’s 50 km solo attack seals BinckBank Tour win

There are days, like last year at Amstel Gold and again Saturday in Flanders, when Mathieu van der Poel takes what we think we know about bike racing, crumples it up into a little ball, and throws it out the window. With a 17-second deficit into the final stage of the BinckBank Tour, van der …

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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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Marc Hirschi Wins Flèche Wallonne

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After an incredible three weeks at the Tour de France followed by a podium at the World Championships, 22-year old Marc Hirschi took a lovely victory at the top of the Mur de Huy. The Team Sunweb rider from Switzerland narrowly took the win over AG2R la Mondiale’s Benoit Cosnefroy and EF Pro Cycling’s Michael …

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