Kasper Asgreen goes solo after peloton crash to claim stage 14 of Giro d'Italia
The Dane was part of an early breakaway trio but, after several riders were brought down in a crash which broke up the peloton, the EF Education-EasyPost rider went for broke in the final kilometres and held off the chasing group.
Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) outsprinted Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) to take second place on the 195-km stage from Treviso to Nova Gorica in Slovenia.
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