This year’s Giro d’Italia just keeps on giving drama and surprises. The latest bombshell shocked even the winner. It came on Thursday’s very lumpy stage 18, which everyone had conceded to points classification leader Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) because of the short but very…
Before the Giro d’Italia kicked off, the general consensus was that the only real suspense of the race would be wearing the Maglia Ciclamino, or purple jersey, as the winner of the points classification when the race ends on May 31 in Rome.
Jonas Vingegaard and his Visma–Lease a Bike team took control of Saturday’s stage 14 and the Giro d’Italia as, aided by a textbook performance by his teammates, the Dane won his third stage of the race and took over the race leader’s pink jersey.
