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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Olav Kooij sprints to victory on stage 12 of Giro d'Italia
Olav Kooij sprinted to victory on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia as Isaac Del Toro retained the pink jersey in Viadana. Kooij was helped by a superb lead-out from Visma-Lease A Bike team-mate Wout Van Aert, with Casper van Uden second over the line ahead of Britain's Ben Turner. The 172km stage from Modena, the first opportunity for the quick men in a week, came down to the final few bends of a technical finish left slightly damp by earlier rain in Viadana, and Van Aert used all his experience to win the fight for position going into the final sharp left-hander. Team Picnic PostNL's Van Uden tried to go long with his sprint after being left with a slight gap as the road straightened out, but Kooij kept his cool to take the win while the Ineos Grenadiers' Turner held off Mads Pedersen for the last step on the podium. A small crash in the peloton with around one kilometre left to go neutralised the times for the overall standings, allowing the general classification contenders to sit up. Del Toro leads by 33 seconds from his UAE Team Emirates team-mate Juan Ayuso with Bahrain-Victorious rider Antonio Tiberi third. Bonus seconds saw Wednesday's stage winner Richard Carapaz move up to fourth, on the same time as Kooij's team-mate Simon Yates in fifth, one minute and 11 seconds off pink. "It's really nice to see Olav finishing it off after a really good lead out, I have to say," Van Aert said after the race, "We used our horsepower and he has the kick." Kooij added: "Only Wout can do such a long lead out like today's. I got an extraordinary support. I have to thank my teammates, also the rest of the team did a fantastic job." Friday's stage 13 will take the riders 180km from Rovigo to Vicenza.
BBC News
22-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Van der Poel wins thrilling Milan-San Remo
Mathieu van der Poel won his second Milan-San Remo one-day classic title by holding off Filippo Ganna and Tadej Pogacar in a Dutchman and Italian Ganna were the only riders able to follow three-time Tour de France champion Pogacar's attack with 25km of the 289km race and Van der Poel traded blows as they went clear on the final climb, before Ganna reeled them in and set up a three-man sprint Van der Poel kicked for the line first, using his immense power to get the better of his rivals and follow up his victory in this race in 2023. It is his seventh win across the five oldest and most prestigious 'Monument' races in men's cycling, drawing him level with Pogacar after another epic tussle between two of the finest riders of their generation."It's hard to believe - I was really focused on trying to get the win," said Van der Poel, 30."I surprised them a bit when on the 300m sign, I launched my sprint. I felt strong enough to keep it until the finish line and it was the right tactic."In the women's race, staged for the first time since 2005, Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes edged out compatriot Marianne Vos and Switzerland's Noemi Ruegg. Van der Poel doubles up in style Van der Poel, Ganna and Pogacar were among the favourites for victory in the first Monument of the season but a race featuring predictable protagonists thrilled throughout.A eight-man break went clear in cold and rainy conditions early on before they were Pogacar, seeking his first Milan San-Remo title after three consecutive top-five finishes, used his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad to set up a devastating move on the Cipressa climb before more attacks on the the riders looked at each other approaching the final straight, Van der Poel made the decisive move, leaving Ineos Grenadiers' Ganna to finish runner-up to him, as he did in 2023, with Pogacar taking third for the second year in a six riders have more Monument victories than Van der Poel and Pogacar, with Gino Bartali, Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara also winning seven in their der Poel is also the first multiple champion of this event since Spain's Oscar Freire won the last of his three Milan-San Remo titles in Matthews took the bunch sprint behind to finish fourth, with Fred Wright the highest-placed British rider in 10th. Men's results Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) 6hrs 22mins 53secsFilippo Ganna (Ita/Ineos Grenadiers) Same timeTadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG)Michael Matthews (Aus/Team Jayco-Alula) +43secsKaden Groves (Aus/Alpecin-Deceuninck) Same timeMagnus Cort Nielsen (Den/Uno X-Mobility)Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek)Olav Kooij (Ned/Team Visma-Lease a Bike)Matteo Trentin (Ita/Tudor Pro Cycling Team)Fred Wright (GB/Team Bahrain Victorious) Wiebes wins returning women's race The women's race was staged seven times from 1999 to 2005 before it was restored to the calendar for this year with a 160km route starting in Elisa Longo Borghini attacked after the descent of the Poggio and opened up a sizeable lead before Wiebes' SD Worx-Protime team-mate and two-time reigning world champion Lotte Kopecky surged into the lead after Longo Borghini was caught, but Wiebes kicked again to pass the three-time former world champion in the final stages."Longo Borghini did a really strong attack but I saw Lotte was close behind and the effort she made was amazing," said Wiebes, 26."She put me in the perfect position. I didn't want to open my sprint too early but it was enough for the win." Women's results Lorena Wiebes (Ned/Team SD Worx-Protime) 3hrs 43mins 32secsMarianne Vos (Ned/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) Same timeNoemi Ruegg (Swi/EF Education-Oatly)Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez)Kimberley le Court (Mri/AG Insurance-Soudal Team)Chloe Dygert (US/Canyon–SRAM zondacrypto)Elisa Balsamo (Ita/Lidl-Trek)Juliette Labous (Fra/FDJ-Suez)Lotte Kopecky (Bel/Team SD Worx-Protime)Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck)
