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Britain's Simon Yates comes from behind to win Giro d'Italia
Simon Yates produced one of the great performances by a British rider in a grand tour, coming from behind to win the Giro d'Italia by almost four minutes. At the beginning of the day, Yates trailed the leader Isaac del Toro by 1min 21 seconds and second-place Richard Carapaz by 38 seconds. At the end of the day — having put more than five minutes into his nearest rivals — he was 3min 56sec clear of Del Toro and 4min 43sec clear of Carapaz. There is one final ceremonial stage to Rome remaining, which Yates will ride in pink. Seven years ago, Yates led the Giro when Chris Froome attacked on the Colle delle Finestre. Yates collapsed and lost more than an hour on Froome, who went on to win the race. It is a result that has hung over Yates's career, though he won the Vuelta a Espana later that year. 'The first talk that we had with him at his first training camp, it was really only about this stage,' Marc Reef, his directeur sportif, said. 'He wanted to do well here. Now on the Finestre, he is turning this Giro upside down. It's incredible that he had the legs and the mental strength to do it this way.' Please enable cookies and other technologies to view this content. You can update your cookies preferences any time using privacy manager. Here, the story was almost reversed. After an early leadout from EF Education-EasyPost, Richard Carapaz attacked on the lower slopes of the Finestre and was followed only by the pink jersey Isaac del Toro. But soon after, Yates bridged the gap comfortably and almost immediately tried an attack. Carapaz and Del Toro responded to that first foray, but soon after they could not. The gap at first grew slowly, but by the time he passed through the gravel section at the summit of the Finestre, he was into the virtual pink jersey. In a tactical masterstroke from his team, Visma-Lease a Bike, Wout van Aert — who had been in the day's breakaway — was waiting to guide his leader through the valley before the climb to Sestriere. As Van Aert motored through the valley, Del Toro and Carapaz effectively conceded. As Carapaz refused to do any work to close the gap to Yates, Del Toro was on the team radio before also refusing to work. Out front, Van Aert, had put another two and a half minutes into the Del Toro-Carapaz group. On the slopes to Sestriere, Van Aert having spent himself in a race-clinching turn through the valley, Yates went out alone. The gap continued to grow. He could not close the gap to Chris Harper of Jayco-Alula, who won the stage — and in fact, he will win the overall without having won a stage — but in the end his margin over Del Toro was emphatic. 'It's incredible,' Van Aert said. 'Such a brave effort from Simon to go all in from so far. Chapeau to him.'
BBC News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Dramatic win for Asgreen as crash affects GC battle
Kasper Asgreen held on for a remarkable breakaway win on stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia as a crash late in the day had a major impact on the general classification battle.A bunch sprint was expected in Nova Gorica/Gorizia on the Italy-Slovenia border but several riders went down 23km from the line to set up a dramatic crash split the peloton, with about 20 riders avoiding the chaos to keep up the chase of the breakaway they could not reel in Asgreen as Denmark's EF Education-EasyPost rider, 30, claimed his second Grand Tour stage win by 16 Kaden Groves outsprinted Visma-Lease a Bike rider Olav Kooij to take second leader Isaac del Toro was in the chase group and so retained the pink jersey, but only after surviving another scare towards the end of the 195km route from of his GC rivals lost further time though. More to follow.
RTÉ News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Caden Groves prevails on day of chaos as Giro reaches Naples
Kaden Groves won a chaotic stage six of the Giro d'Italia in Naples after a huge crash earlier in the day led organisers to neutralise the general classification fight. Australian Groves beat Milan Fretin and Paul Magnier in a much-reduced sprint as Olav Kooij was caught out on the barriers on the waterfront in Naples, almost 10 minutes before race leader Mads Pedersen and many of the main favourites crossed the line. Moments before Groves powered to his first win of the season, a protester stepped out in front of the fast-moving peloton holding a banner, almost causing another huge incident and disrupting the lead-out trains. Sam Bennett finished 11th as the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale sprinter's wait for a Grand Tour stage win goes on, despite being in the mix approaching the closing stages. Darren Rafferty of EF Education EasyPost finished safely in the peloton. Organisers decided there would be no time gaps taken at the finish in the wake of a huge crash that ripped through the peloton with a little over 70 kilometres left of the 227km stage from Potenza – the longest of the Giro – that was contested in treacherous damp conditions. Adam Yates and Richard Carapaz were among those bloodied and bruised but Jai Hindley, the 2022 Giro winner and the main domestique for overall favourite Primoz Roglic, was forced to abandon, the main victim of a crash which forced the race to temporarily stop. When it did resume, the decision to neutralise the classifications and leave only the stage victory up for grabs led the main favourites to ease up and wait for bigger challenges to come, with Friday's stage seven from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo the first real mountain test. Pedersen, who began Thursday's stage hoping for a fourth victory of the week and a repeat of his 2023 win in Naples, will carry the pink jersey into Friday, 17 seconds up on Roglic, but will fully expect to lose it given the terrain to be taken on.
