Giro d’Italia 2016: Stage 10 – Cheeky win for Ciccone as Jungels takes pink

Classic stage after rest day madness! Giulio Ciccone (Bardiani-CSF) took a joyful solo victory atop Sestola with Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff) and BMC’s Darwin Atapuma completing the podium. Movistar sent Andrey Amador on a snatch-and-grab mission. Heroic defence by Etixx-Quick Step kept the maglia rosa in the team and onto shoulders of Bob Jungels. The BIG news of the day was Mikel Landa (Sky) abandoning the race through illness.
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Giro Tweets of the Week: Magnificent manes, super sprints and #FlechaWatch

It’s our second week in pink and the Giro tweets are really flowing now! We have the Gorilla and the ArgoSunGod; the Shark and Birdsong; Mick Jagger and FlechaWatch. Plus action from stages 7, 8 and 9. Plus we take a little detour to California to look at The Velvet Samurai‘s truly amazing hair! It’s all here!  Continue reading