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ABC News
28-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Del Toro extends Giro d'Italia lead with stage 17 win as Australians Vine and Plapp abandon race
Isaac del Toro has maintained his excellent form at the Giro d'Italia to win stage 17 with a perfectly timed sprint, while Australian riders Jay Vine and Luke Plapp both withdrew from the race. Del Toro led home the field in the 155-kilometre route from San Michele all'Adige to Bormio to extend his lead in the general classification. The young Mexican's first stage victory meant the day ended in triumph for the UAE Emirates-XRG team after an early blow when Vine was forced to retire. Vine appeared to have withdrawn on the category-two Tonale climb, about 90km from the stage finish. Plapp (Team Jayco AlUla), who won stage eight, was similarly placed when he abandoned the race. Adding to the disappointment of the Australian contingent, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) faded to lose more than 4 minutes on del Toro, finishing in 29th place. Storer appears out of contention in the general classification, sitting 7 minutes and 46 seconds adrift of Del Toro in 10th place on the standings. Del Toro was the freshest rider at the end of the final ascent and he broke away from Romain Bardet (Picnic-PostNL) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) with just over 2km left in the stage. Bardet crossed the line four seconds after Del Toro, with Carapaz in third. Del Toro's spectacular effort breathed new life into his bid to win a first Grand Tour. His display erased any doubts that arose after the pink jersey holder saw his lead shrink in a chaotic stage 16. "I imagined that I could win a stage with the Maglia Rosa (pink jersey)," del Toro said after his win. "The Giro has been very good so far. "The fight for the podium is incredible. Today I realised that I will never give up. I will always try to win. "I have nothing to lose. It wasn't any easier today than yesterday." Del Toro now leads overall by 41 seconds from Carapaz, who has a 10-second advantage over Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike). Reuters/AAP
ABC News
20-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Australia's Jay Vine thwarted by puncture in Giro d'Italia's 10th stage as Daan Hoole claims time trial
Jay Vine has been left cursing a puncture after a sixth-place finish in the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia, won by shock victor Daan Hoole of the Netherlands. Vine was one of three Australians to make the top 10 on a day when rain undid the stage win chances of the grand classification big beasts in the 28.6 kilometre time trial from Lucca to Pisa. That allowed allowed Isaac del Toro to cling on to the maglia rosa despite finishing in 37th place. Crucially delayed by having to change to a spare bike, Vine (UAE Team Emirates) came in 37 seconds adrift of Hoole, with Lucas Plapp seven seconds and one place behind and Plapp's Jayco-AlUla teammate Michael Hepburn ninth, six seconds further back. Lidl-Trek's Hoole capitalised on better early conditions to finish in 32.30 minutes, ahead of British duo Josh Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers) and Ethan Hayter (Quickstep). It was the Dutch national time trial champion's first victory in a grand tour. "It's unbelievable. I mean it didn't sink in yet," Hoole said. "I was aiming for this day and I was feeling good all week, but to win, I never thought I would do this. "Of course, the GC guys, they had rain and that changed a lot, but I'm still happy I could beat Tarling in more or less the same conditions." Primoz Roglic (Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe), battling to recover from a crash two days ago and secure his second Giro title, fell again on the stage's recon ride, but recovered to make up more than a minute on his main challengers and move up to fifth. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) came 22nd, making up a minute on Del Toro and staying second overall. The best-placed Australians in the GC are Michael Storer (Tudor) at 3 minutes, 14 seconds and Jayco-AlUla's Chris Harper, four seconds further adrift, at 14th and 15th respectively. The 11th stage will see the contest for the pink jersey heat up as the peloton takes on a mountainous 186km route from Viareggio to Castelnovo Ne' Monti. AAP
ABC News
11-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Jay Vine third in Giro d'Italia time trial as Luke Plapp finishes last after fall
Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill that he had feared might prevent him from continuing the race, compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7-kilometre circuit around the Albanian capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primož Roglič, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped after he was unable to avoid a first-stage accident that ended Mikel Landa's Giro. Saying his thoughts were with the Spaniard, who endured a fractured vertebra not dissimilar to those sustained by Vine in a crash at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, the Australian admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian time-trial champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. No-one could match the 16 minutes and 7 seconds from 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who became the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he is in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglič in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglič by a mere second. But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind. AAP
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Vine blooms amid Plapp's gloom in Aussie Giro drama
Australian cyclist Jay Vine has once again demonstrated his considerable courage by overcoming a knee injury to finish a superb third in the second-stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia. But while Vine rebounded magnificently from a first-stage spill which he had feared might prevent him from lining up in Albania on Saturday, his compatriot Luke Plapp, the national time trial champ who had been flying through the streets of Tirana, had his chances flattened by his own crash. Vine delivered a superb ride on the 13.7km circuit around the capital 24 hours after he had taken a heavy fall and finished only three seconds behind British stage winner Josh Tarling and two seconds adrift of race favourite Primoz Roglic, who ended the day in the leader's pink jersey. 🔥 Super Jay! First place across the line for the Aussie, visibly marked after his crash yesterday, but the legs are clearly there. #GirodItalia — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 10, 2025 The 2023 Australian time trial champ Vine had his right knee heavily strapped, which made observers wonder whether, if he had been fully firing, the in-form UAE Team Emirates rider might even have taken the stage victory himself. On Friday, Vine, who's making a tremendous 2025 comeback after suffering what he had feared might be a career-ending crash with cracked vertebrae at last year's Tour of the Basque Country, was unable to avoid an accident in which Mikel Landa's Giro ended by injury. Saying his thoughts had all been with the Spaniard, who also endured a fractured vertebra, Vine admitted before the second stage: "Honestly, I wasn't even sure I'd be able to start today, but the knee's feeling much better and I'll be back on the start line." This time the misfortune was all with Jayco AlUla's Plapp, the three-time Australian TT champ who slid off his bike earlier in the day as he rounded a tight corner and, after remounting on a new bike, could only limp home as the slowest finisher among the 182 riders some four minutes adrift. Down goes Luke Plapp 😥 The Aussie champ seems dazed, but has gone back on the road after a bike change and a head check. #GirodItalia — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 10, 2025 No-one could match the 16min 7sec effort of the 21-year-old British champ Tarling, who's the youngest ever Giro time trial winner. But 2023 Giro champ Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) demonstrated he's in the mood to regain his title as he powered home fractionally short of his target. Michael Storer, Australia's best hope of challenging Roglic in the overall standings, also had a super day, finishing 19th on the stage in 16:35. Among the GC contenders, the Tudor Pro rider, the recent Tour of the Alps victor, is ninth overall, 27 seconds behind the Slovenian leader. Denmark's Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the opening-stage winner on Friday, could only finish 12 seconds behind in seventh, having to relinquish the leader's jersey to Roglic by a mere second. 🎙️ "I went out there and tried to do my best. At the end if was really close, i'm super happy about it. We'll take it day by day" - 🩷 🇸🇮 @rogla #GirodItalia — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 10, 2025 But he may have a good chance to regain it on Sunday in the last of the Albanian stages in a 160km ride that starts and finishes in Vlore. Australia's 2022 Giro champion Jai Hindley was 35th quickest on the day but lies 16th overall, 39 seconds behind.
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
GB's Tarling wins first Grand Tour stage at Giro
Britain's Josh Tarling claimed his first Grand Tour stage win with victory in the time trial on stage two of the Giro d' Grenadiers rider Tarling, 21, beat Slovenia's Primoz Roglic by one second over the 13.7km course in Albania's capital city did just enough to take the leader's pink jersey off stage-one winner Mads Pedersen and now leads the Dane by one second in the general Jay Vine finished third on the stage, three seconds back on is Welshman Tarling's third victory at the World Tour level, following time trial wins at the 2023 Renewi Tour and this year's UAE Tour. Time trial specialist Tarling completed the course in 16 minutes seven seconds then faced an agonising wait for 58 riders, including other stage favourites and overall contenders, to finish."I can't believe it, I'm so happy," said Tarling."The wait was not nice, I don't want to do it again, it was a long day for 13km."Tarling is now the youngest winner of a time trial in Giro history and has a chance for another time trial victory on stage 10 on 20 Ethan Hayter finished ninth on the stage, 14 seconds back on he missed out on the stage win, 2023 Giro champion Roglic, 35, gained time over his rivals for the Juan Ayuso is now 16 seconds down on Roglic, with Italy's Antonio Tiberi nine seconds further twins Simon and Adam Yates, Ecuador's Richard Carapaz and Colombia's Egan Bernal are all over 30 seconds down on Roglic but there is plenty of climbing to come in the three-week stage went out last and almost held on to the leader's jersey, missing out by two seconds as he finished seventh, 11 seconds back on Roglic.A hilly 160km route on Sunday's stage three, starting and finishing in Vlore, marks the end of the race in Albania before it moves to Italy following Monday's rest day. Stage two results Josh Tarling (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) 16mins 07secsPrimoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1secJay Vine (Aus/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +3secsEdoardo Affini (Ita/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) +6secsMathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) Same timeDaan Hoole (Ned/Lidl-Trek) +8secsMads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) +12secsBrandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +13secsEthan Hayter (GB/Soudal Quick-Step) +14secsJuan Ayoso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +17secs General classification after stage two Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) 3hrs 52mins 32secsMads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) +1secMathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) +5secsBrandon McNulty (US/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +12secsJuan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +16secsIsaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +17secsMax Poole (GB/Team Picnic PostNL) +24secsAntonio Tiberi (Ita/Bahrain Victorious) +25secsMichael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling Team) +27secsGiulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +31secs
