Kasper Asgreen goes solo after peloton crash to claim stage 14 of Giro d'Italia
Kasper Asgreen took advantage of a crash in the chasing peloton and went alone to win stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia, with Isaac del Toro extending his overall lead.
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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