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11-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Dogs & goats can't stop Pedersen regaining pink at Giro
After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania. And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday. Denmark's Lidl-Trek ace Pedersen edged out New Zealander Corbin Strong by just half a wheel at the end of the hilly 160km trek around the Albanian coastal city of Vlore to put himself back in pink, now just nine seconds ahead of Roglic thanks to the 10-second winning time bonus he picked up. After Jay Vine had crashed on Friday and Luke Plapp in the time trial on Saturday, there were no further calamities for the 14-strong Australian contingent, but Plapp looked to be still feeling the effects of his spill as he trekked home nearly six-and-a-half minutes off the pace. But Michael Storer, the Tudor Pro team leader who's the best hope for Australian success, was in sprightly mood in the mountains, shooting off briefly for one attack, and finished among the main bunch to still lie ninth overall, 36 seconds behind as the race prepares to move to the Italian mainland after its Albanian adventure. And it was an adventure. On Sunday, Pedersen's charge to victory was nearly disrupted when a dog sped across the road with just a couple of kilometres remaining as the peloton began to hit top speed. Earlier it had been a few goats who scampered across a road with riders having to swerve to avoid them. New Zealand cyclist Dion Smith almost ended in a ditch, noting with a laugh: "First time for a goat for me ... Luckily I stayed up." Among the Australians, Chris Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) climbed strongly in an early breakaway and came home safely in the main bunch, as did 2022 winner Jai Hindley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), who leaves Albania only 48 seconds down in 15th overall. Vine, third in the time trial, again looked to be well recovered from opening day crash as he finished among the main peloton. "Wow, to have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted today," Pedersen said. "Everyone from the team did a super amazing job on the climb and before. And then it was about controlling as far as we could." The race now makes the short transfer across the Adriatic to Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day with a mostly flat 189km route from Alberobello to Lecce and a probable sprint finish, where Aussie Kaden Groves will be hoping to feature. After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania. And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday. Denmark's Lidl-Trek ace Pedersen edged out New Zealander Corbin Strong by just half a wheel at the end of the hilly 160km trek around the Albanian coastal city of Vlore to put himself back in pink, now just nine seconds ahead of Roglic thanks to the 10-second winning time bonus he picked up. After Jay Vine had crashed on Friday and Luke Plapp in the time trial on Saturday, there were no further calamities for the 14-strong Australian contingent, but Plapp looked to be still feeling the effects of his spill as he trekked home nearly six-and-a-half minutes off the pace. But Michael Storer, the Tudor Pro team leader who's the best hope for Australian success, was in sprightly mood in the mountains, shooting off briefly for one attack, and finished among the main bunch to still lie ninth overall, 36 seconds behind as the race prepares to move to the Italian mainland after its Albanian adventure. And it was an adventure. On Sunday, Pedersen's charge to victory was nearly disrupted when a dog sped across the road with just a couple of kilometres remaining as the peloton began to hit top speed. Earlier it had been a few goats who scampered across a road with riders having to swerve to avoid them. New Zealand cyclist Dion Smith almost ended in a ditch, noting with a laugh: "First time for a goat for me ... Luckily I stayed up." Among the Australians, Chris Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) climbed strongly in an early breakaway and came home safely in the main bunch, as did 2022 winner Jai Hindley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), who leaves Albania only 48 seconds down in 15th overall. Vine, third in the time trial, again looked to be well recovered from opening day crash as he finished among the main peloton. "Wow, to have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted today," Pedersen said. "Everyone from the team did a super amazing job on the climb and before. And then it was about controlling as far as we could." The race now makes the short transfer across the Adriatic to Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day with a mostly flat 189km route from Alberobello to Lecce and a probable sprint finish, where Aussie Kaden Groves will be hoping to feature. After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania. And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday. Denmark's Lidl-Trek ace Pedersen edged out New Zealander Corbin Strong by just half a wheel at the end of the hilly 160km trek around the Albanian coastal city of Vlore to put himself back in pink, now just nine seconds ahead of Roglic thanks to the 10-second winning time bonus he picked up. After Jay Vine had crashed on Friday and Luke Plapp in the time trial on Saturday, there were no further calamities for the 14-strong Australian contingent, but Plapp looked to be still feeling the effects of his spill as he trekked home nearly six-and-a-half minutes off the pace. But Michael Storer, the Tudor Pro team leader who's the best hope for Australian success, was in sprightly mood in the mountains, shooting off briefly for one attack, and finished among the main bunch to still lie ninth overall, 36 seconds behind as the race prepares to move to the Italian mainland after its Albanian adventure. And it was an adventure. On Sunday, Pedersen's charge to victory was nearly disrupted when a dog sped across the road with just a couple of kilometres remaining as the peloton began to hit top speed. Earlier it had been a few goats who scampered across a road with riders having to swerve to avoid them. New Zealand cyclist Dion Smith almost ended in a ditch, noting with a laugh: "First time for a goat for me ... Luckily I stayed up." Among the Australians, Chris Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) climbed strongly in an early breakaway and came home safely in the main bunch, as did 2022 winner Jai Hindley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), who leaves Albania only 48 seconds down in 15th overall. Vine, third in the time trial, again looked to be well recovered from opening day crash as he finished among the main peloton. "Wow, to have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted today," Pedersen said. "Everyone from the team did a super amazing job on the climb and before. And then it was about controlling as far as we could." The race now makes the short transfer across the Adriatic to Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day with a mostly flat 189km route from Alberobello to Lecce and a probable sprint finish, where Aussie Kaden Groves will be hoping to feature. After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania. And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday. Denmark's Lidl-Trek ace Pedersen edged out New Zealander Corbin Strong by just half a wheel at the end of the hilly 160km trek around the Albanian coastal city of Vlore to put himself back in pink, now just nine seconds ahead of Roglic thanks to the 10-second winning time bonus he picked up. After Jay Vine had crashed on Friday and Luke Plapp in the time trial on Saturday, there were no further calamities for the 14-strong Australian contingent, but Plapp looked to be still feeling the effects of his spill as he trekked home nearly six-and-a-half minutes off the pace. But Michael Storer, the Tudor Pro team leader who's the best hope for Australian success, was in sprightly mood in the mountains, shooting off briefly for one attack, and finished among the main bunch to still lie ninth overall, 36 seconds behind as the race prepares to move to the Italian mainland after its Albanian adventure. And it was an adventure. On Sunday, Pedersen's charge to victory was nearly disrupted when a dog sped across the road with just a couple of kilometres remaining as the peloton began to hit top speed. Earlier it had been a few goats who scampered across a road with riders having to swerve to avoid them. New Zealand cyclist Dion Smith almost ended in a ditch, noting with a laugh: "First time for a goat for me ... Luckily I stayed up." Among the Australians, Chris Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) climbed strongly in an early breakaway and came home safely in the main bunch, as did 2022 winner Jai Hindley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), who leaves Albania only 48 seconds down in 15th overall. Vine, third in the time trial, again looked to be well recovered from opening day crash as he finished among the main peloton. "Wow, to have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted today," Pedersen said. "Everyone from the team did a super amazing job on the climb and before. And then it was about controlling as far as we could." The race now makes the short transfer across the Adriatic to Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day with a mostly flat 189km route from Alberobello to Lecce and a probable sprint finish, where Aussie Kaden Groves will be hoping to feature.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dogs & goats can't stop Pedersen regaining pink at Giro
After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania. And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday. 🔻Bis repetita for Mads Pedersen and Lidl-Trek! A stunning team effort in the streets of Vlorë, and once again, a perfect delivery from the Dane🔻Ancora loro! Mads Pedersen e la Lidl-Trek colpiscono di nuovo! Lavoro di squadra impeccabile tra le strade di Valona e un'altra… — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 11, 2025 Denmark's Lidl-Trek ace Pedersen edged out New Zealander Corbin Strong by just half a wheel at the end of the hilly 160km trek around the Albanian coastal city of Vlore to put himself back in pink, now just nine seconds ahead of Roglic thanks to the 10-second winning time bonus he picked up. After Jay Vine had crashed on Friday and Luke Plapp in the time trial on Saturday, there were no further calamities for the 14-strong Australian contingent, but Plapp looked to be still feeling the effects of his spill as he trekked home nearly six-and-a-half minutes off the pace. But Michael Storer, the Tudor Pro team leader who's the best hope for Australian success, was in sprightly mood in the mountains, shooting off briefly for one attack, and finished among the main bunch to still lie ninth overall, 36 seconds behind as the race prepares to move to the Italian mainland after its Albanian adventure. And it was an adventure. On Sunday, Pedersen's charge to victory was nearly disrupted when a dog sped across the road with just a couple of kilometres remaining as the peloton began to hit top speed. Earlier it had been a few goats who scampered across a road with riders having to swerve to avoid them. New Zealand cyclist Dion Smith almost ended in a ditch, noting with a laugh: "First time for a goat for me ... Luckily I stayed up." 🏁 41 KM🇮🇹 @lorenzfortunato and 🇪🇸 @PelloBilbao1990 have joined the last remaining rider from the breakaway, 🇦🇺 @ChrisHamo_ #GirodItalia — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 11, 2025 Among the Australians, Chris Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) climbed strongly in an early breakaway and came home safely in the main bunch, as did 2022 winner Jai Hindley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), who leaves Albania only 48 seconds down in 15th overall. Vine, third in the time trial, again looked to be well recovered from opening day crash as he finished among the main peloton. "Wow, to have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted today," Pedersen said. "Everyone from the team did a super amazing job on the climb and before. And then it was about controlling as far as we could." The race now makes the short transfer across the Adriatic to Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day with a mostly flat 189km route from Alberobello to Lecce and a probable sprint finish, where Aussie Kaden Groves will be hoping to feature.
West Australian
11-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Dogs & goats can't stop Pedersen regaining pink at Giro
After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania. And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday. Denmark's Lidl-Trek ace Pedersen edged out New Zealander Corbin Strong by just half a wheel at the end of the hilly 160km trek around the Albanian coastal city of Vlore to put himself back in pink, now just nine seconds ahead of Roglic thanks to the 10-second winning time bonus he picked up. After Jay Vine had crashed on Friday and Luke Plapp in the time trial on Saturday, there were no further calamities for the 14-strong Australian contingent, but Plapp looked to be still feeling the effects of his spill as he trekked home nearly six-and-a-half minutes off the pace. But Michael Storer, the Tudor Pro team leader who's the best hope for Australian success, was in sprightly mood in the mountains, shooting off briefly for one attack, and finished among the main bunch to still lie ninth overall, 36 seconds behind as the race prepares to move to the Italian mainland after its Albanian adventure. And it was an adventure. On Sunday, Pedersen's charge to victory was nearly disrupted when a dog sped across the road with just a couple of kilometres remaining as the peloton began to hit top speed. Earlier it had been a few goats who scampered across a road with riders having to swerve to avoid them. New Zealand cyclist Dion Smith almost ended in a ditch, noting with a laugh: "First time for a goat for me ... Luckily I stayed up." Among the Australians, Chris Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) climbed strongly in an early breakaway and came home safely in the main bunch, as did 2022 winner Jai Hindley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), who leaves Albania only 48 seconds down in 15th overall. Vine, third in the time trial, again looked to be well recovered from opening day crash as he finished among the main peloton. "Wow, to have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted today," Pedersen said. "Everyone from the team did a super amazing job on the climb and before. And then it was about controlling as far as we could." The race now makes the short transfer across the Adriatic to Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day with a mostly flat 189km route from Alberobello to Lecce and a probable sprint finish, where Aussie Kaden Groves will be hoping to feature.
Perth Now
11-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Dogs & goats can't stop Pedersen regaining pink at Giro
After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania. And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour. Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday. Denmark's Lidl-Trek ace Pedersen edged out New Zealander Corbin Strong by just half a wheel at the end of the hilly 160km trek around the Albanian coastal city of Vlore to put himself back in pink, now just nine seconds ahead of Roglic thanks to the 10-second winning time bonus he picked up. After Jay Vine had crashed on Friday and Luke Plapp in the time trial on Saturday, there were no further calamities for the 14-strong Australian contingent, but Plapp looked to be still feeling the effects of his spill as he trekked home nearly six-and-a-half minutes off the pace. But Michael Storer, the Tudor Pro team leader who's the best hope for Australian success, was in sprightly mood in the mountains, shooting off briefly for one attack, and finished among the main bunch to still lie ninth overall, 36 seconds behind as the race prepares to move to the Italian mainland after its Albanian adventure. And it was an adventure. On Sunday, Pedersen's charge to victory was nearly disrupted when a dog sped across the road with just a couple of kilometres remaining as the peloton began to hit top speed. Earlier it had been a few goats who scampered across a road with riders having to swerve to avoid them. New Zealand cyclist Dion Smith almost ended in a ditch, noting with a laugh: "First time for a goat for me ... Luckily I stayed up." Among the Australians, Chris Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) climbed strongly in an early breakaway and came home safely in the main bunch, as did 2022 winner Jai Hindley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), who leaves Albania only 48 seconds down in 15th overall. Vine, third in the time trial, again looked to be well recovered from opening day crash as he finished among the main peloton. "Wow, to have two stage victories already and now back in the pink, that's exactly what we wanted today," Pedersen said. "Everyone from the team did a super amazing job on the climb and before. And then it was about controlling as far as we could." The race now makes the short transfer across the Adriatic to Puglia, where the race will resume on Tuesday after a rest day with a mostly flat 189km route from Alberobello to Lecce and a probable sprint finish, where Aussie Kaden Groves will be hoping to feature.
7NEWS
09-05-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Mixed day for Aussies in Giro d'Italia with Jay Vine fighting back after nasty crash
Former world champion Mads Pedersen has grabbed the first pink jersey in the 108th edition of the Giro d'Italia on a bruising day for the Australian challenge in Albania. Danish star Pedersen outsprinted Belgian standout Wout van Aert by half a wheel to grab the honours in the opening stage of the Grande Partenza, a hilly 160km trek from Durres to the capital Tirana as the great race went across the Adriatic to Albania for the first time. But Australian ace Jay Vine, fresh from finishing on the podium at the Tour de Romandie, suffered a crash five kilometres from home and ended up finishing almost four minutes adrift. At least UAE Team Emirates rider Vine avoided the fate of the luckless Spaniard Mikel Landa, whose crash just ahead of him had prompted the Australian's own spill as he tried to take evasive action. Landa, a GC hope, had to be taken away on a stretcher with his race over after crashing into a kerb and tipping over. It was later reported the 35-year-old four-time Grand-Tour stage winner had suffered a fractured vertebra. Queenslander Kaden Groves, who had hoped to get over the climbs still in touch to challenge for the jersey, found the task too taxing, along with plenty of the other top sprinters, as he ended over another minute-and-a-half behind Vine. But the main Australian hope for overall race victory, Tour of the Alps winner Michael Storer, came home safely among the 36-strong leading bunch along with 2022 winner Jai Hindley, Damien Howson and Chris Harper. Lidl-Trek's Pedersen, the 2019 world champ, celebrated his second Giro stage win, having also won in Naples two years ago, but it's the first time in his distinguished career that he's worn the leader's jersey in a Grand Tour. Venezuela's Orluis Aular crossed third. 'To win the stage and go into the pink jersey is absolutely amazing, especially after teamwork like this,' Pedersen said after ousting the charging Visma-Lease a Bike luminary van Aert. 'You always have to be afraid of Wout, he's a really good bike rider. It's not a given to win when he's in the group, and you have to handle that with respect and a bit of fear as well. But today I had the legs to finish it off for the team.' One of the other top contenders Juan Ayuso, for whom Vine will be working in the mountains, also crashed early on a roundabout but was unhurt and finished safely in the pack along with race favourite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe). The race remains in Albania for two more days before it returns to Italy, with stage two on Saturday a 13.7km individual time trial in Tirana, where race favourite Primoz Roglic will be expected to shine.
