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22-05-2025
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Kooij wins Giro stage 12 with Briton Turner third
Olav Kooij won a close-fought sprint on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia as Isaac del Toro retained the pink jersey in Viadana. Dutchman Kooij benefited from Visma-Lease A Bike team-mate Wout van Aert's superb lead-out in the final kilometre. Casper van Uden finished second with Britain's Ben Turner of Ineos Grenadiers third. "Only he [Wout] can do it, so to have him as support here is extraordinary," said Kooij. "I really need to thank him and also the rest of the team, they did a fantastic job. "You don't want to be too far [back] in that last corner, that's maybe why we had to go a bit earlier than we wanted but I could jump on the wheel of Casper and pass him." Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG stayed out of the hectic fight for position in the closing stages to finish safely in the bunch and maintain his hold on the pink jersey. A sprint for two bonus seconds at the Red Bull kilometre in Brescello means the 21-year-old heads into stage 13 with a 33-second lead over team-mate Juan Ayuso in the race overall. Kooij's British team-mate Simon Yates is in fourth, one minute and 11 seconds off the overall lead. 1. Olav Kooij (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) 3hr 55min 40sec 2. Casper van Uden (Ned/PicnicPostNL) Same time 3. Ben Turner (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) 4. Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 5. Kaden Groves (Aus/Alpecin-Deceuninck) 6. Milan Fretin (Bel/Cofidis) 7. Max Kanter (Ger/XDS Astana) 8. Paul Magnier (Fra/Soudal Quick-Step) 9. Matevz Govekar (Slo/Bahrain-Victorious) 10. Matteo Moschetti (Ita/Q36.5 Pro Cycling) Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 38hrs 47mins 1sec Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +33secs Antonio Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +1min Simon Yates (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 11secs Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1min 26secs Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +1min 58secs Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Lidl-Trek) +2mins 11secs Brandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +2mins 18secs Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +2mins 35secs Thymen Arensman (Ned/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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Casper van Uden wins hectic sprint finish on Giro d'Italia stage four as Mads Pedersen retains lead
Dutch sprinter Casper van Uden claimed his first Grand Tour victory on his debut at a three-week race as he won stage four of the Giro d'Italia. The first chance for the pure sprinters after a time trial and two punchy days in neighbouring Albania, this was always going to be a fast finale and it was the 23-year-old who came out on top in a chaotic finish in Lecce. His Picnic PostNL squad came from nowhere inside the final kilometre as the peloton jostled for position, with van Uden launching a long-range sprint from 500m out and holding off the day's favourite, Olav Kooij, and Maikel Zijlaard for the win. Van Uden said afterwards, 'I didn't do it alone, we did it with the whole team, all the boys, all the staff back at HQ. They did super good. I didn't have to take any wind until a bit more than 200 [metres] to go, and I know I have a good long sprint. I just went for it and hoped for the best. 'I know I just need to follow the boys. I'm really really happy to give them something back. 'I don't think it's a surprise [win], I know the boys and everyone really believe in me, sometimes I have to find that belief in myself a little bit. This helps.' The peloton had the first of three rest days on Monday and resumed with a flat 189km run from Alberobello to Lecce, with a chaotic and nervy finale on a technical city centre circuit. Lidl-Trek's Mads Pedersen kept hold of the leader's pink jersey, finishing fourth on the stage, despite having to chase back on after getting caught out in a crash on the narrow, twisting route in Lecce. His squad suffered a blow in the closing kilometres as lead-out man Soren Kragh Andersen crashed with 22km to go and appeared to be hurt, ultimately finishing 10 minutes behind the bunch. Race favourite Primoz Roglic nicked two bonus seconds at the Red Bull kilometre sprint to cut Pedersen's lead over him to seven seconds. 1) Casper van Uden (Picnic PostNL), in 4:02:21 2) Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) 3) Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor Pro Cycling) 4) Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) 5) Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 6) Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) 7) Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) 8) Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) 9) Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5) 10) Enrico Zanoncello (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane), all at same time 1) Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), in 11:44:31 2) Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +7' 3) Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) +14' 4) Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +21' 5) Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +22' 6) Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +25' 7) Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL)+33' 8) Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) +34' 9) Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) +36' 10) Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +40'
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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Van Uden wins sprint as Pedersen retains race lead
Casper van Uden claimed his first Grand Tour stage win by sprinting to victory in the Giro d'Italia. The Dutchman held off compatriots Olav Kooij and Maikel Zijlaard to claim the victory in a chaotic finish to stage four in Lecce. Mads Pedersen, who won stages one and three, finished fourth and retains the leader's pink jersey. However, the 29-year-old's lead over Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's Primoz Roglic has been cut by two seconds, with the Slovenian now seven seconds off first place. Pedersen's Lidl-Trek team-mate Mathias Vacek is a further seven seconds back in third. The Giro d'Italia's race for pink is anyone's guess Stage four marked the first day of racing in Italy following three days in Albania and Monday's rest day. Spain's Francisco Munoz spent 140km off the front after making an early solo breakaway and led by more than four minutes before being reeled back in with 55km to go in a race controlled by the sprint teams. Race leader Pedersen was forced to chase back to catch the peloton after being caught up in a crash, alongside team-mate Soren Kragh Andersen, with 22km to go. On a Lecce circuit full of bottleneck turns, van Uden's Picnic PostNL team pinched the lead from Alpecin-Deceuninck, riding for Kaden Groves, in the final kilometre, before the 23-year-old opened up a long sprint to victory. "I didn't do it alone. I did it with the whole team," van Uden said. "I didn't have to take any wind until 200m to go. "I know I have a good long sprint, so I went for it and hoped for the best." In the general classification, Isaac del Toro leapfrogged Juan Ayuso into fifth place. Great Britain's Max Poole remains seventh, 33 seconds behind Pedersen. Wednesday's stage five is a 151km hilly stage from Ceglie Messapica to Matera. Casper Van Uden (Picnic PostNL) - 4hrs 2mins 21secs Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) - same time Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor Pro Cycling) Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) Max Kanter (XDS Astana) Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step) Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 11hrs 44mins 31secs Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +7secs Mathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) +14secs Brandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +21secs Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +22secs Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +25secs Max Poole (GB/Team Picnic PostNL) +33secs Antonio Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +34secs Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling Team) +36secs Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +40secs
Yahoo
11-05-2025
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Pedersen wins stage three to reclaim Giro lead
Mads Pedersen reclaimed the leader's pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia by sprinting to victory on stage three. The Dane, who won the opening stage, held off Corbin Strong to claim his second victory of the race in Vlore, Albania. By claiming 10 bonus seconds for the win, Pedersen moved back ahead of overnight leader Primoz Roglic, who finished safely in the bunch. Pedersen, 29, now leads Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe rider Roglic by nine seconds in the general classification, with his Lidl-Trek team-mate Mathias Vacek five seconds further back in third. Earlier in the stage, Intermarche-Wanty rider Dion Smith managed to stay upright despite being clipped by a mountain goat running across the road. The Giro d'Italia's race for pink is anyone's guess Pedersen wins Giro opener as Landa fractures back Pedersen's win capped off a fine ride by his Lidl-Trek team as they controlled the peloton, preventing any decisive attacks on the last climb and reeling in the breakaway. The former world champion was well positioned in the home straight, kicking early and displaying impressive power to hold off the charge of New Zealand's Strong. "Everyone in the team just did a super amazing job on the climb," said Pedersen. "To have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted." Slovenia's Roglic, who won the 2023 Giro, will not be fazed by losing the overall lead at this point, with 18 stages to come and less pressure now on his team to defend the jersey. His nearest main title rival, Spain's Juan Ayoso is 16 seconds back on Roglic in fifth overall. Britain's Max Poole is currently seventh, 33 seconds down on Pedersen. Pedersen will be targeting a third stage win when the race resumes in Italy following Monday's rest day. Tuesday's stage four is a 189km flat stage for the sprinters from Alberobello to Lecce. Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 3hrs 49mins 47secs Corbin Strong (NZ/Israel-Premier Tech) Same time Orluis Aular (Ven/Movistar) Brandon Rivera (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) Edoardo Zambanini (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) Stefano Oldani (Ita/Cofidis) Andrea Vendrame (Ita/Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) Filippo Fiorelli (Ita/VF Group-Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) Christian Scaroni (Ita/XDS-Astana) Davide de Pretto (Ita/Team Jayco–AlUla) Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 7hrs 42mins 10 secs Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +9secs Mathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) +14secs Brandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +21secs Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +25secs Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +26secs Max Poole (GB/Team Picnic PostNL) +33secs Antonio Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +34secs Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling Team) +36secs Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +40secs
The Guardian
20-04-2025
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- The Guardian
Skjelmose stuns Pogacar and Evenepoel with sprint to Amstel Gold Race win
Mattias Skjelmose claimed a shock victory at the Amstel Gold Race as he won a sprint finish against favourite Tadej Pogacar and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel on Sunday. It was supposed to be a fight between world champion Pogacar and Evenepoel but Denmark's Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) had not read the script as he beat Pogacar by the width of a tyre. Evenepoel, who recently returned from serious injuries sustained in a crash, was third. The race took place over 255km from Maastricht in the Netherlands and concluded in gripping circumstances in Valkenburg. 'I was riding for the podium,' Skjelmose said. 'Already the podium would be a really good result for me. Of course, you sprint for the best result but I thought I was going to cramp, or see them go into the horizon.' Slovenian Pogacar (Emirates-XRG) appeared to have the race won when he built up a 25-second lead with around 40km remaining after going solo at the front and extended it to 30 seconds. Skjelmose, 24, was the first to try and catch three-time Tour de France and multiple Classics winner and was then joined by Belgium's Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-step). Working together the duo ate into Pogacar's lead over the final climbs. There was seemingly nothing to separate the riders in the surge to the line but Skjelmose nosed in front at the last to claim the biggest win of his career. Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion Wout van Aert (Visma) was fourth, leading a chasing pack 34 seconds back ahead of fifth-placed Michael Matthews (Jayco Alula), Louis Barré in sixth (Intermarché-Wanty), then Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), Tiesj Benoot (Visma), Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) and Ben Healy (EF Education-Easypost) rounded out the top 10. Brandon McNulty (Emirates-XRG) was at the back of that group but finished 11th.
