Jhonatan Narváez won his third stage of the Giro d’Italia, the fourth victory in this race by a depleted UAE Team Emirates–XRG squad, while pre-race favourite Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) continues to raise questions about his form.
With 42 kilometres to go, the television coverage disappears. The favourites are approaching the base of the final climb. The breakaway still has just over a minute. Someone attacks near the front of the peloton as the camera bike swings awkwardly toward the convoy, and…
A funny thing happened to Jonas Vingegaard on the first serious climb of the Giro d’Italia, the ride to the summit finish at Blockhaus (13.6 km @ 8.4%) at the end of Friday’s stage 7: He wasn’t alone. Yes, he won the stage, smashing the…
If the first three stages of the Giro d’Italia belonged to double-stage winner Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step), the main theme of stages 4 through 6 was the vindication of UAE Team Emirates–XRG, who came away with two hard-fought stage wins after losing the heart of…
