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RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Isaac Del Toro sprints clear on stage 17 to extend Giro d'Italia lead
Isaac Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG maintained his excellent form at the Giro d'Italia to win stage 17 with a perfectly-timed sprint, with the Mexican's first stage victory of the race allowing him to extend his lead in the overall standings. The 155-km route from San Michele all'Adige to Bormio was less punishing than Tuesday's stage 16, but featured two difficult climbs - Passo del Tonale and Passo del Mortirolo - with a total of 3,800m of elevation. Del Toro was the freshest man at the end of the final ascent and he broke away from Romain Bardet (Picnic-PostNL) and rival Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) with just over 2km left. Bardet crossed the line four seconds after Del Toro, with Carapaz in third. Tyrone's Darren Rafferty (EF Education-Easypost) crossed the line over 35 minutes after Del Toro, a minute ahead of compatriot Sam Bennett. Rafferty drops half a dozen places in the general classification to 86th, while Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) is 147th overall. Del Toro's spectacular effort breathed new life into his bid to win a first Grand Tour and assuaged any doubts that arose after the pink jersey holder saw his lead shrink in a chaotic stage 16 on Tuesday. "I imagined that I could win a stage with the maglia rosa. The Giro has been very good so far," the 21-year-old said after his win. "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. With the team, we expected some attacks to take place on the Mortirolo. "We didn't want to let all the GC riders go. I went across to them and I took it easy a bit. I caught them in the descent. We had made this plan with the team that I would attack on the last small climb." Del Toro, who became only the second Mexican to win a stage at the Giro d'Italia after Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio in 2001 and 2002, now has a 41-second lead in the general classification. Ecuadorean Carapaz leapfrogged Simon Yates (Visma–Lease a Bike) into second place, with the Briton finishing the stage in fourth place, 15 seconds behind Del Toro. Earlier on Wednesday, Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) and stage-eight winner Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla) both abandoned the Giro.
West Australian
13-05-2025
- Climate
- West Australian
Groves fifth as Van Uden gains maiden stage win in Giro
Kaden Groves' long wait for a win goes on after he was squeezed out on the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Australian sprinter has not topped the podium for 250 days, last doing so at the Vuelta d'Espana in September. A flat 189 km stage from Alberobello to Lecce offered the prospect of breaking that drought but his Alpecin-Deceuninck team struggled to find the optimum position in a tricky finish and Groves came in sixth - later being bumped up to fifth after Max Kanter was relegated to 103rd. Instead it was a Dutch 1-2-3 with grand tour debutant Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) surprising the peloton by holding off compatriots Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudoe Pro) in a tense finish. Pink jersey wearer Mads Pedersen was fourth, a disappointment for the Dane who had already won two stages, but also a relief after being close to two crashes, one of which involved most of his Lidl-Trek team and the other of which took out his final lead-out man, Soren Kragh Andersen, who appeared to have badly injured his left wrist. Pedersen's general classification lead over pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was cut to seven seconds after the Slovenian picked up an intermediate sprint bonus. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) is seven seconds further adrift. Australia's best GC hope, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro), is ninth, 36 seconds behind Pedersen. "It was a hectic final, especially when the rest of the day was quite easy, but the final was really something special," said Pedersen. "Wide roads and narrow roads and so on. So a stressful day in the end, but all in all it was okay, we made it. And damage control on the points, so that's good." Tuesday's stage was the first to be held in Italy after three across the Adriatic in Albania. To the riders' relief, unlike in Rome where rain interrupted the Italian Open, the weather was fair in Puglia, in Italy's southern heel. The stage began with a gutsy attack by Spain's Francisco Munoz (Polti VisitMalta) who raced alone for more than 130km, but he was reeled in with 56km to go leaving the stage set for the sprinters. "I didn't do it alone – we did it with the whole team. All the boys here and all the staff here and in HQ as well. They did super work," said Van Uden, whose last win came at the ZLM Tour in June. "I didn't have to do anything until 200m to go. I have a good sprint and went for it. We've done a really good job all season with the lead-outs. Van Uden's victory also provides a boost to Picnic-PostNL's hopes of remaining in the WorldTour, with the Dutch team facing the prospect of relegation. Groves should have another chance in Wednesday's fifth stage, a 151 km ride from Ceglie Messapica to Matera with a rising finish. with agencies
Perth Now
13-05-2025
- Climate
- Perth Now
Groves fifth as Van Uden gains maiden stage win in Giro
Kaden Groves' long wait for a win goes on after he was squeezed out on the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Australian sprinter has not topped the podium for 250 days, last doing so at the Vuelta d'Espana in September. A flat 189 km stage from Alberobello to Lecce offered the prospect of breaking that drought but his Alpecin-Deceuninck team struggled to find the optimum position in a tricky finish and Groves came in sixth - later being bumped up to fifth after Max Kanter was relegated to 103rd. Instead it was a Dutch 1-2-3 with grand tour debutant Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) surprising the peloton by holding off compatriots Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudoe Pro) in a tense finish. Pink jersey wearer Mads Pedersen was fourth, a disappointment for the Dane who had already won two stages, but also a relief after being close to two crashes, one of which involved most of his Lidl-Trek team and the other of which took out his final lead-out man, Soren Kragh Andersen, who appeared to have badly injured his left wrist. Pedersen's general classification lead over pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was cut to seven seconds after the Slovenian picked up an intermediate sprint bonus. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) is seven seconds further adrift. Australia's best GC hope, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro), is ninth, 36 seconds behind Pedersen. "It was a hectic final, especially when the rest of the day was quite easy, but the final was really something special," said Pedersen. "Wide roads and narrow roads and so on. So a stressful day in the end, but all in all it was okay, we made it. And damage control on the points, so that's good." Tuesday's stage was the first to be held in Italy after three across the Adriatic in Albania. To the riders' relief, unlike in Rome where rain interrupted the Italian Open, the weather was fair in Puglia, in Italy's southern heel. The stage began with a gutsy attack by Spain's Francisco Munoz (Polti VisitMalta) who raced alone for more than 130km, but he was reeled in with 56km to go leaving the stage set for the sprinters. "I didn't do it alone – we did it with the whole team. All the boys here and all the staff here and in HQ as well. They did super work," said Van Uden, whose last win came at the ZLM Tour in June. "I didn't have to do anything until 200m to go. I have a good sprint and went for it. We've done a really good job all season with the lead-outs. Van Uden's victory also provides a boost to Picnic-PostNL's hopes of remaining in the WorldTour, with the Dutch team facing the prospect of relegation. Groves should have another chance in Wednesday's fifth stage, a 151 km ride from Ceglie Messapica to Matera with a rising finish. with agencies
The Advertiser
13-05-2025
- Climate
- The Advertiser
Groves fifth as Van Uden gains maiden stage win in Giro
Kaden Groves' long wait for a win goes on after he was squeezed out on the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Australian sprinter has not topped the podium for 250 days, last doing so at the Vuelta d'Espana in September. A flat 189 km stage from Alberobello to Lecce offered the prospect of breaking that drought but his Alpecin-Deceuninck team struggled to find the optimum position in a tricky finish and Groves came in sixth - later being bumped up to fifth after Max Kanter was relegated to 103rd. Instead it was a Dutch 1-2-3 with grand tour debutant Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) surprising the peloton by holding off compatriots Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudoe Pro) in a tense finish. Pink jersey wearer Mads Pedersen was fourth, a disappointment for the Dane who had already won two stages, but also a relief after being close to two crashes, one of which involved most of his Lidl-Trek team and the other of which took out his final lead-out man, Soren Kragh Andersen, who appeared to have badly injured his left wrist. Pedersen's general classification lead over pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was cut to seven seconds after the Slovenian picked up an intermediate sprint bonus. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) is seven seconds further adrift. Australia's best GC hope, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro), is ninth, 36 seconds behind Pedersen. "It was a hectic final, especially when the rest of the day was quite easy, but the final was really something special," said Pedersen. "Wide roads and narrow roads and so on. So a stressful day in the end, but all in all it was okay, we made it. And damage control on the points, so that's good." Tuesday's stage was the first to be held in Italy after three across the Adriatic in Albania. To the riders' relief, unlike in Rome where rain interrupted the Italian Open, the weather was fair in Puglia, in Italy's southern heel. The stage began with a gutsy attack by Spain's Francisco Munoz (Polti VisitMalta) who raced alone for more than 130km, but he was reeled in with 56km to go leaving the stage set for the sprinters. "I didn't do it alone – we did it with the whole team. All the boys here and all the staff here and in HQ as well. They did super work," said Van Uden, whose last win came at the ZLM Tour in June. "I didn't have to do anything until 200m to go. I have a good sprint and went for it. We've done a really good job all season with the lead-outs. Van Uden's victory also provides a boost to Picnic-PostNL's hopes of remaining in the WorldTour, with the Dutch team facing the prospect of relegation. Groves should have another chance in Wednesday's fifth stage, a 151 km ride from Ceglie Messapica to Matera with a rising finish. with agencies Kaden Groves' long wait for a win goes on after he was squeezed out on the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Australian sprinter has not topped the podium for 250 days, last doing so at the Vuelta d'Espana in September. A flat 189 km stage from Alberobello to Lecce offered the prospect of breaking that drought but his Alpecin-Deceuninck team struggled to find the optimum position in a tricky finish and Groves came in sixth - later being bumped up to fifth after Max Kanter was relegated to 103rd. Instead it was a Dutch 1-2-3 with grand tour debutant Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) surprising the peloton by holding off compatriots Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudoe Pro) in a tense finish. Pink jersey wearer Mads Pedersen was fourth, a disappointment for the Dane who had already won two stages, but also a relief after being close to two crashes, one of which involved most of his Lidl-Trek team and the other of which took out his final lead-out man, Soren Kragh Andersen, who appeared to have badly injured his left wrist. Pedersen's general classification lead over pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was cut to seven seconds after the Slovenian picked up an intermediate sprint bonus. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) is seven seconds further adrift. Australia's best GC hope, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro), is ninth, 36 seconds behind Pedersen. "It was a hectic final, especially when the rest of the day was quite easy, but the final was really something special," said Pedersen. "Wide roads and narrow roads and so on. So a stressful day in the end, but all in all it was okay, we made it. And damage control on the points, so that's good." Tuesday's stage was the first to be held in Italy after three across the Adriatic in Albania. To the riders' relief, unlike in Rome where rain interrupted the Italian Open, the weather was fair in Puglia, in Italy's southern heel. The stage began with a gutsy attack by Spain's Francisco Munoz (Polti VisitMalta) who raced alone for more than 130km, but he was reeled in with 56km to go leaving the stage set for the sprinters. "I didn't do it alone – we did it with the whole team. All the boys here and all the staff here and in HQ as well. They did super work," said Van Uden, whose last win came at the ZLM Tour in June. "I didn't have to do anything until 200m to go. I have a good sprint and went for it. We've done a really good job all season with the lead-outs. Van Uden's victory also provides a boost to Picnic-PostNL's hopes of remaining in the WorldTour, with the Dutch team facing the prospect of relegation. Groves should have another chance in Wednesday's fifth stage, a 151 km ride from Ceglie Messapica to Matera with a rising finish. with agencies Kaden Groves' long wait for a win goes on after he was squeezed out on the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Australian sprinter has not topped the podium for 250 days, last doing so at the Vuelta d'Espana in September. A flat 189 km stage from Alberobello to Lecce offered the prospect of breaking that drought but his Alpecin-Deceuninck team struggled to find the optimum position in a tricky finish and Groves came in sixth - later being bumped up to fifth after Max Kanter was relegated to 103rd. Instead it was a Dutch 1-2-3 with grand tour debutant Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) surprising the peloton by holding off compatriots Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudoe Pro) in a tense finish. Pink jersey wearer Mads Pedersen was fourth, a disappointment for the Dane who had already won two stages, but also a relief after being close to two crashes, one of which involved most of his Lidl-Trek team and the other of which took out his final lead-out man, Soren Kragh Andersen, who appeared to have badly injured his left wrist. Pedersen's general classification lead over pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was cut to seven seconds after the Slovenian picked up an intermediate sprint bonus. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) is seven seconds further adrift. Australia's best GC hope, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro), is ninth, 36 seconds behind Pedersen. "It was a hectic final, especially when the rest of the day was quite easy, but the final was really something special," said Pedersen. "Wide roads and narrow roads and so on. So a stressful day in the end, but all in all it was okay, we made it. And damage control on the points, so that's good." Tuesday's stage was the first to be held in Italy after three across the Adriatic in Albania. To the riders' relief, unlike in Rome where rain interrupted the Italian Open, the weather was fair in Puglia, in Italy's southern heel. The stage began with a gutsy attack by Spain's Francisco Munoz (Polti VisitMalta) who raced alone for more than 130km, but he was reeled in with 56km to go leaving the stage set for the sprinters. "I didn't do it alone – we did it with the whole team. All the boys here and all the staff here and in HQ as well. They did super work," said Van Uden, whose last win came at the ZLM Tour in June. "I didn't have to do anything until 200m to go. I have a good sprint and went for it. We've done a really good job all season with the lead-outs. Van Uden's victory also provides a boost to Picnic-PostNL's hopes of remaining in the WorldTour, with the Dutch team facing the prospect of relegation. Groves should have another chance in Wednesday's fifth stage, a 151 km ride from Ceglie Messapica to Matera with a rising finish. with agencies Kaden Groves' long wait for a win goes on after he was squeezed out on the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Australian sprinter has not topped the podium for 250 days, last doing so at the Vuelta d'Espana in September. A flat 189 km stage from Alberobello to Lecce offered the prospect of breaking that drought but his Alpecin-Deceuninck team struggled to find the optimum position in a tricky finish and Groves came in sixth - later being bumped up to fifth after Max Kanter was relegated to 103rd. Instead it was a Dutch 1-2-3 with grand tour debutant Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) surprising the peloton by holding off compatriots Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Maikel Zijlaard (Tudoe Pro) in a tense finish. Pink jersey wearer Mads Pedersen was fourth, a disappointment for the Dane who had already won two stages, but also a relief after being close to two crashes, one of which involved most of his Lidl-Trek team and the other of which took out his final lead-out man, Soren Kragh Andersen, who appeared to have badly injured his left wrist. Pedersen's general classification lead over pre-race favourite Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was cut to seven seconds after the Slovenian picked up an intermediate sprint bonus. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) is seven seconds further adrift. Australia's best GC hope, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro), is ninth, 36 seconds behind Pedersen. "It was a hectic final, especially when the rest of the day was quite easy, but the final was really something special," said Pedersen. "Wide roads and narrow roads and so on. So a stressful day in the end, but all in all it was okay, we made it. And damage control on the points, so that's good." Tuesday's stage was the first to be held in Italy after three across the Adriatic in Albania. To the riders' relief, unlike in Rome where rain interrupted the Italian Open, the weather was fair in Puglia, in Italy's southern heel. The stage began with a gutsy attack by Spain's Francisco Munoz (Polti VisitMalta) who raced alone for more than 130km, but he was reeled in with 56km to go leaving the stage set for the sprinters. "I didn't do it alone – we did it with the whole team. All the boys here and all the staff here and in HQ as well. They did super work," said Van Uden, whose last win came at the ZLM Tour in June. "I didn't have to do anything until 200m to go. I have a good sprint and went for it. We've done a really good job all season with the lead-outs. Van Uden's victory also provides a boost to Picnic-PostNL's hopes of remaining in the WorldTour, with the Dutch team facing the prospect of relegation. Groves should have another chance in Wednesday's fifth stage, a 151 km ride from Ceglie Messapica to Matera with a rising finish. with agencies
The Independent
17-04-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
Tour of Britain Women route unveiled with Glasgow circuit to host final stage
The route for the Tour of Britain Women has been released, with the four-day race set to visit Scotland for the first time. This year's edition of the race, the only remaining major women's race on British soil, is to take place entirely within the north-east of England and Scotland. British Cycling took over both the men's and women's events in early 2024 after the previous promoter, Sweetspot, went into liquidation, and successfully put on a slightly shortened version of both races last year. The sport's UK governing body will again oversee the races this year, with the women's event - won by world champion Lotte Kopecky in 2024 - taking place from 5-8 June in its usual early summer slot. The race will begin in Dalby Forest and cross the North York Moors National Park en route to the finish in Redcar, which will host the Tour of Britain Women for the first time. Stage two takes place entirely within the Tees Valley, starting in Hartlepool and finishing at the top of a second ascent of Saltburn Bank, a common venue for British national championships and a punishing 15% climb. British rider Pfeiffer Georgi of Picnic-PostNL, who recently returned to racing after a serious crash at the Tour de France Femmes last summer, will be a favourite for glory in Saltburn-by-the-Sea having won the national jersey twice there, in 2023 and 2024. Stage three visits the Scottish Borders for a route starting and finishing in the town of Kelso, including a cobbled section at the finish. The race winner will be crowned after ten laps of an 8.4-kilometre (5.3 miles) city centre circuit in Glasgow on the final day, starting and finishing on Glasgow Green. Defending champion Kopecky won her first world road race title in Glasgow in 2023, taking advantage of a city centre circuit to power away from her rivals in the closing stages of the race, and will be among the favourites again this summer if she takes part. Jonathan Day, Managing Director of British Cycling Events - the arm of the body which oversees the races - said: 'We are delighted to be bringing some of the world's best teams and riders to our communities this June as a part of the UCI Women's WorldTour and to showcase the very best of their character and terrain on what will be four challenging stages.' This year's route may allow riders to recon potential routes for the start of the Tour de France Femmes in 2027, after a recent announcement that both the men's and women's Tours would kick off in the UK. The planned routes for both Grand Departs will be revealed in the autumn. Further details for the Tour of Britain Women, including participating teams and more detailed routes, will be unveiled in the next few weeks. Plans for the Tour of Britain Men, scheduled for early September, have not yet been announced.
