Giro d’Italia 2021 : Stage 10 – Sagan sprints for stage; GC rivals sprint for seconds

Peter Sagan takes victory on Stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia after his team BORA-hansgrohe rode full gas in the final kilometres. The Slovakian made it around a series of high-speed sweeping corners on the tail of Sebastian Molano (UAE-Team Emirates) before surging past him to take his first Giro full-on sprint win. Molano’s teammate, Fernando Gaviria, had to settle for second with Israel Start-Up Nation’s Davide Cimolai rounding out the podium. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) remains in pink but Deceuninck-Quick Step rival Remco Evenepoel snatched a second back when the two teams battled for intermediate sprint seconds.
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Giro d’Italia 2020 : Stage 10 – Sagan solos to sensational success

The stage after a rest day often throws up a surprise (not least the Covid +s) and that’s exactly what happened on today’s hilly Stage 10 in the Giro d’Italia. In his maiden Giro, Peter Sagan (Bora) soloed to his long-awaited first victory of the season after going in the day’s breakaway, and holding off the chase from the GC contenders. Brendan McNulty (UAE) was runner-up while race leader Joao Almeida (DSQ) nicked a cheeky four bonus seconds on his rivals to round out the podium.

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Giro Tweets of the Week : Farewell Cav?, Soaked Sagan, What’s with Wout?

This week, our title is a bit of a misnomer, as there’s not that much Giro d’Italia this week, but boy, Tweets is still packed full of goodness! We have Mark Cavendish, imaginary jerseys, and a feisty gruppetto featuring Wout Van Aert, Peter Sagan, muppets, Lachlan Morton and an hour-long Quickstep Tour de France 2020 film. Sit back and enjoy

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