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2016 season, Giro d'Italia, Grand Tours

Giro d’Italia 2016 : Stage 18 – Trentin escapes to victory

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For the fifth consecutive day at the Giro d’Italia, a rider has won one of its stages for the very first time. Today’s stage 18, it was the turn of home hero Matteo Trentin (Etixx-Quick Step), who took victory after escaping into the day’s big breakaway. For the general classification riders, it was a case of the calm before Friday’s mountainous storm, with the pink jersey Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) crossing the line alongside the other contenders almost a quarter-of-an-hour after Trentin had given his victory salute.
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2016 season, Giro d'Italia, Grand Tours

Giro d’Italia 2016: Stage 4 – Victorious Ulissi and Dumoulin back in pink

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In a spicy day of action on the Calabrian coast, a feisty Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) did what he so often does at the Giro. Attacking with guile and panache on the final climb and holding on the run to the line to take a superb solo victory – his fifth win in his home Grand Tour. Giant-Alpecin’s Tom Dumoulin leapt out of an elite group of favourites to finish second on the day and secure his second maglia rosa in four stages. The parcours certainly delivered on its promise of attacking racing with several notable names, Movistar’s Andrey Amador and Ryder Hesjedal (Trek-Segafredo) amongst them, losing 37 seconds on their rivals.

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