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The Advertiser
18-05-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Roglic and Aussie hope Storer crash at Giro d'Italia
Australia's roller-coaster Giro d'Italia adventure has taken a turn for the worse after Michael Storer, their top hope for overall success, suffered a crash on a tough, dusty day that may have severely dented his hopes of grand tour success. Storer hit the deck with about 50km to go on the 181km ninth stage from Gubbio to Siena, that included some of the demanding white, gravel roads of Tuscany which are a feature of the region's famous Strade Bianche one-day race. The Tudor Pro leader remounted and battled home in 25th place, but he was nearly two-and-a-half minutes behind the stage winner, Wout van Aert, and dropped from sixth place overall to 11th, now three minutes and three seconds behind the surprise new young owner of the maglia rosa leader's jersey, Isaac del Toro. It was the latest drama to envelop an Australian rider after Jai Hindley's early abandonment and Kaden Groves' stage win, both on Thursday, and Luke Plapp's fantastic victory on Saturday. The 21-year-old del Toro, only supposed to be a support rider for UAE Team Emirates, became the first Mexican cyclist ever to lead the race even though he was beaten on the line for the stage win by van Aert after a terrific duel. But the bigger dramas had also erupted behind as not just Storer, but other major contenders - headed by race favourite Primoz Roglic - suffered crashes. In the five-time Grand Tour winner's case, Roglic not only tumbled on the second of the five gravel sectors amid the dust and grit being kicked up by the cyclists, but he also suffered a puncture soon afterwards and had to change bikes. Roglic ended up finishing 2:22 on the day and has dropped from second overall to 10th, 2:25 behind the leader but, more significantly, 1:12 behind the man considered his main challenger for the crown, Spain's Juan Ayuso, who's lying second overall behind his UAE lieutenant del Toro. "We take it, we finish it and I have to see what to do next," said the imperturbable Roglic. "We will see. I mean, we'll see at the end what that means." After the crash chaos which also caught up luminaries like Tom Pidcock and Brandon McNulty, there was only delight for van Aert, one of the stars of the sport, as he enjoyed his first win of the season, a redemptive ride after an injury-hit 2024 campaign and an unconvincing start to 2025. It was the 30-year-old's first stage win on his Giro debut to go with his nine stage wins at the Tour de France and three at the Spanish Vuelta. "It's easy to say this victory means a lot to me, I almost cannot explain it," the emotional Belgian said. "It had to be here I believe because this place is where my road career started back in 2018 and to win this stage after a long period without delivering, finally again, it feels so good." Monday is the race's second rest day before a 28.6km individual time trial from Lucca to Pisa when Roglic will be fancied to claw back time. With agencies Australia's roller-coaster Giro d'Italia adventure has taken a turn for the worse after Michael Storer, their top hope for overall success, suffered a crash on a tough, dusty day that may have severely dented his hopes of grand tour success. Storer hit the deck with about 50km to go on the 181km ninth stage from Gubbio to Siena, that included some of the demanding white, gravel roads of Tuscany which are a feature of the region's famous Strade Bianche one-day race. The Tudor Pro leader remounted and battled home in 25th place, but he was nearly two-and-a-half minutes behind the stage winner, Wout van Aert, and dropped from sixth place overall to 11th, now three minutes and three seconds behind the surprise new young owner of the maglia rosa leader's jersey, Isaac del Toro. It was the latest drama to envelop an Australian rider after Jai Hindley's early abandonment and Kaden Groves' stage win, both on Thursday, and Luke Plapp's fantastic victory on Saturday. The 21-year-old del Toro, only supposed to be a support rider for UAE Team Emirates, became the first Mexican cyclist ever to lead the race even though he was beaten on the line for the stage win by van Aert after a terrific duel. But the bigger dramas had also erupted behind as not just Storer, but other major contenders - headed by race favourite Primoz Roglic - suffered crashes. In the five-time Grand Tour winner's case, Roglic not only tumbled on the second of the five gravel sectors amid the dust and grit being kicked up by the cyclists, but he also suffered a puncture soon afterwards and had to change bikes. Roglic ended up finishing 2:22 on the day and has dropped from second overall to 10th, 2:25 behind the leader but, more significantly, 1:12 behind the man considered his main challenger for the crown, Spain's Juan Ayuso, who's lying second overall behind his UAE lieutenant del Toro. "We take it, we finish it and I have to see what to do next," said the imperturbable Roglic. "We will see. I mean, we'll see at the end what that means." After the crash chaos which also caught up luminaries like Tom Pidcock and Brandon McNulty, there was only delight for van Aert, one of the stars of the sport, as he enjoyed his first win of the season, a redemptive ride after an injury-hit 2024 campaign and an unconvincing start to 2025. It was the 30-year-old's first stage win on his Giro debut to go with his nine stage wins at the Tour de France and three at the Spanish Vuelta. "It's easy to say this victory means a lot to me, I almost cannot explain it," the emotional Belgian said. "It had to be here I believe because this place is where my road career started back in 2018 and to win this stage after a long period without delivering, finally again, it feels so good." Monday is the race's second rest day before a 28.6km individual time trial from Lucca to Pisa when Roglic will be fancied to claw back time. With agencies Australia's roller-coaster Giro d'Italia adventure has taken a turn for the worse after Michael Storer, their top hope for overall success, suffered a crash on a tough, dusty day that may have severely dented his hopes of grand tour success. Storer hit the deck with about 50km to go on the 181km ninth stage from Gubbio to Siena, that included some of the demanding white, gravel roads of Tuscany which are a feature of the region's famous Strade Bianche one-day race. The Tudor Pro leader remounted and battled home in 25th place, but he was nearly two-and-a-half minutes behind the stage winner, Wout van Aert, and dropped from sixth place overall to 11th, now three minutes and three seconds behind the surprise new young owner of the maglia rosa leader's jersey, Isaac del Toro. It was the latest drama to envelop an Australian rider after Jai Hindley's early abandonment and Kaden Groves' stage win, both on Thursday, and Luke Plapp's fantastic victory on Saturday. The 21-year-old del Toro, only supposed to be a support rider for UAE Team Emirates, became the first Mexican cyclist ever to lead the race even though he was beaten on the line for the stage win by van Aert after a terrific duel. But the bigger dramas had also erupted behind as not just Storer, but other major contenders - headed by race favourite Primoz Roglic - suffered crashes. In the five-time Grand Tour winner's case, Roglic not only tumbled on the second of the five gravel sectors amid the dust and grit being kicked up by the cyclists, but he also suffered a puncture soon afterwards and had to change bikes. Roglic ended up finishing 2:22 on the day and has dropped from second overall to 10th, 2:25 behind the leader but, more significantly, 1:12 behind the man considered his main challenger for the crown, Spain's Juan Ayuso, who's lying second overall behind his UAE lieutenant del Toro. "We take it, we finish it and I have to see what to do next," said the imperturbable Roglic. "We will see. I mean, we'll see at the end what that means." After the crash chaos which also caught up luminaries like Tom Pidcock and Brandon McNulty, there was only delight for van Aert, one of the stars of the sport, as he enjoyed his first win of the season, a redemptive ride after an injury-hit 2024 campaign and an unconvincing start to 2025. It was the 30-year-old's first stage win on his Giro debut to go with his nine stage wins at the Tour de France and three at the Spanish Vuelta. "It's easy to say this victory means a lot to me, I almost cannot explain it," the emotional Belgian said. "It had to be here I believe because this place is where my road career started back in 2018 and to win this stage after a long period without delivering, finally again, it feels so good." Monday is the race's second rest day before a 28.6km individual time trial from Lucca to Pisa when Roglic will be fancied to claw back time. With agencies Australia's roller-coaster Giro d'Italia adventure has taken a turn for the worse after Michael Storer, their top hope for overall success, suffered a crash on a tough, dusty day that may have severely dented his hopes of grand tour success. Storer hit the deck with about 50km to go on the 181km ninth stage from Gubbio to Siena, that included some of the demanding white, gravel roads of Tuscany which are a feature of the region's famous Strade Bianche one-day race. The Tudor Pro leader remounted and battled home in 25th place, but he was nearly two-and-a-half minutes behind the stage winner, Wout van Aert, and dropped from sixth place overall to 11th, now three minutes and three seconds behind the surprise new young owner of the maglia rosa leader's jersey, Isaac del Toro. It was the latest drama to envelop an Australian rider after Jai Hindley's early abandonment and Kaden Groves' stage win, both on Thursday, and Luke Plapp's fantastic victory on Saturday. The 21-year-old del Toro, only supposed to be a support rider for UAE Team Emirates, became the first Mexican cyclist ever to lead the race even though he was beaten on the line for the stage win by van Aert after a terrific duel. But the bigger dramas had also erupted behind as not just Storer, but other major contenders - headed by race favourite Primoz Roglic - suffered crashes. In the five-time Grand Tour winner's case, Roglic not only tumbled on the second of the five gravel sectors amid the dust and grit being kicked up by the cyclists, but he also suffered a puncture soon afterwards and had to change bikes. Roglic ended up finishing 2:22 on the day and has dropped from second overall to 10th, 2:25 behind the leader but, more significantly, 1:12 behind the man considered his main challenger for the crown, Spain's Juan Ayuso, who's lying second overall behind his UAE lieutenant del Toro. "We take it, we finish it and I have to see what to do next," said the imperturbable Roglic. "We will see. I mean, we'll see at the end what that means." After the crash chaos which also caught up luminaries like Tom Pidcock and Brandon McNulty, there was only delight for van Aert, one of the stars of the sport, as he enjoyed his first win of the season, a redemptive ride after an injury-hit 2024 campaign and an unconvincing start to 2025. It was the 30-year-old's first stage win on his Giro debut to go with his nine stage wins at the Tour de France and three at the Spanish Vuelta. "It's easy to say this victory means a lot to me, I almost cannot explain it," the emotional Belgian said. "It had to be here I believe because this place is where my road career started back in 2018 and to win this stage after a long period without delivering, finally again, it feels so good." Monday is the race's second rest day before a 28.6km individual time trial from Lucca to Pisa when Roglic will be fancied to claw back time. With agencies
West Australian
18-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Roglic and Aussie hope Storer crash at Giro d'Italia
Australia's roller-coaster Giro d'Italia adventure has taken a turn for the worse after Michael Storer, their top hope for overall success, suffered a crash on a tough, dusty day that may have severely dented his hopes of grand tour success. Storer hit the deck with about 50km to go on the 181km ninth stage from Gubbio to Siena, that included some of the demanding white, gravel roads of Tuscany which are a feature of the region's famous Strade Bianche one-day race. The Tudor Pro leader remounted and battled home in 25th place, but he was nearly two-and-a-half minutes behind the stage winner, Wout van Aert, and dropped from sixth place overall to 11th, now three minutes and three seconds behind the surprise new young owner of the maglia rosa leader's jersey, Isaac del Toro. It was the latest drama to envelop an Australian rider after Jai Hindley's early abandonment and Kaden Groves' stage win, both on Thursday, and Luke Plapp's fantastic victory on Saturday. The 21-year-old del Toro, only supposed to be a support rider for UAE Team Emirates, became the first Mexican cyclist ever to lead the race even though he was beaten on the line for the stage win by van Aert after a terrific duel. But the bigger dramas had also erupted behind as not just Storer, but other major contenders - headed by race favourite Primoz Roglic - suffered crashes. In the five-time Grand Tour winner's case, Roglic not only tumbled on the second of the five gravel sectors amid the dust and grit being kicked up by the cyclists, but he also suffered a puncture soon afterwards and had to change bikes. Roglic ended up finishing 2:22 on the day and has dropped from second overall to 10th, 2:25 behind the leader but, more significantly, 1:12 behind the man considered his main challenger for the crown, Spain's Juan Ayuso, who's lying second overall behind his UAE lieutenant del Toro. "We take it, we finish it and I have to see what to do next," said the imperturbable Roglic. "We will see. I mean, we'll see at the end what that means." After the crash chaos which also caught up luminaries like Tom Pidcock and Brandon McNulty, there was only delight for van Aert, one of the stars of the sport, as he enjoyed his first win of the season, a redemptive ride after an injury-hit 2024 campaign and an unconvincing start to 2025. It was the 30-year-old's first stage win on his Giro debut to go with his nine stage wins at the Tour de France and three at the Spanish Vuelta. "It's easy to say this victory means a lot to me, I almost cannot explain it," the emotional Belgian said. "It had to be here I believe because this place is where my road career started back in 2018 and to win this stage after a long period without delivering, finally again, it feels so good." Monday is the race's second rest day before a 28.6km individual time trial from Lucca to Pisa when Roglic will be fancied to claw back time. With agencies
Perth Now
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Roglic and Aussie hope Storer crash at Giro d'Italia
Australia's roller-coaster Giro d'Italia adventure has taken a turn for the worse after Michael Storer, their top hope for overall success, suffered a crash on a tough, dusty day that may have severely dented his hopes of grand tour success. Storer hit the deck with about 50km to go on the 181km ninth stage from Gubbio to Siena, that included some of the demanding white, gravel roads of Tuscany which are a feature of the region's famous Strade Bianche one-day race. The Tudor Pro leader remounted and battled home in 25th place, but he was nearly two-and-a-half minutes behind the stage winner, Wout van Aert, and dropped from sixth place overall to 11th, now three minutes and three seconds behind the surprise new young owner of the maglia rosa leader's jersey, Isaac del Toro. It was the latest drama to envelop an Australian rider after Jai Hindley's early abandonment and Kaden Groves' stage win, both on Thursday, and Luke Plapp's fantastic victory on Saturday. The 21-year-old del Toro, only supposed to be a support rider for UAE Team Emirates, became the first Mexican cyclist ever to lead the race even though he was beaten on the line for the stage win by van Aert after a terrific duel. But the bigger dramas had also erupted behind as not just Storer, but other major contenders - headed by race favourite Primoz Roglic - suffered crashes. In the five-time Grand Tour winner's case, Roglic not only tumbled on the second of the five gravel sectors amid the dust and grit being kicked up by the cyclists, but he also suffered a puncture soon afterwards and had to change bikes. Roglic ended up finishing 2:22 on the day and has dropped from second overall to 10th, 2:25 behind the leader but, more significantly, 1:12 behind the man considered his main challenger for the crown, Spain's Juan Ayuso, who's lying second overall behind his UAE lieutenant del Toro. "We take it, we finish it and I have to see what to do next," said the imperturbable Roglic. "We will see. I mean, we'll see at the end what that means." After the crash chaos which also caught up luminaries like Tom Pidcock and Brandon McNulty, there was only delight for van Aert, one of the stars of the sport, as he enjoyed his first win of the season, a redemptive ride after an injury-hit 2024 campaign and an unconvincing start to 2025. It was the 30-year-old's first stage win on his Giro debut to go with his nine stage wins at the Tour de France and three at the Spanish Vuelta. "It's easy to say this victory means a lot to me, I almost cannot explain it," the emotional Belgian said. "It had to be here I believe because this place is where my road career started back in 2018 and to win this stage after a long period without delivering, finally again, it feels so good." Monday is the race's second rest day before a 28.6km individual time trial from Lucca to Pisa when Roglic will be fancied to claw back time. With agencies
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pedersen 'insane' Giro treble as Aussie Storer shines
Mads Pedersen, the 'Great Dane' of the peloton, has won his third stage out of the first five in the 108th edition of the Giro d'Italia on a day when Australia's main overall hope Michael Storer again demonstrated his readiness for the fray. Strongman Pedersen delivered another herculean effort to edge to what he called an "insane" hat-trick in Matera on Wednesday, hitting out in a long-range sprint after a hilly final 20km and holding off the blistering finish of Italian Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious). But the encouraging sight for Australian fans at the side of the road was Tudor Pro leader Storer, who's been sprightly throughout the race so far, getting into the sprint denouement - not his preferred territory - yet still mixing it impressively to finish in an excellent sixth spot. Storer, a former King of the Mountains champ at La Vuelta, remains ninth overall before the race gets into his favourite mountainous terrain, 46 seconds down on former world champ Pedersen, who's holding on to the leader's pink jersey in inspirational fashion until he inevitably gets stripped of it amid the high peaks. The Australian, who's already put together his best ever time trial on the second stage, is less than half-a-minute behind second-placed race favourite Primoz Roglic, who's ominously well placed, just 17 seconds behind Pedersen after the Dane gained a 10-second win bonus at the line. Britain's double Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) finished third after the 151km fifth stage from Ceglie Messapica in southern Italy. "Did I win? Are you sure?" an exhausted Pedersen asked a teammate after the finish at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Matera, renowned for its ancient cave dwellings. 🔻 The closest finish of this #GirodItalia so far!🔻Il finale più incerto e tirato di questo #GirodItalia!⏪ The @continentaltire Ultimo Kilometro#GirodItalia — Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 14, 2025 It really was that close, with Pedersen unsure he'd made it when Bahrain-Victorious's Zambanini came steaming up unseen on his inside alongside the barriers. "Now it's really incredible, and to win in this (leader's pink) jersey as well, it's insane and it's way more than I ever dreamt about," said Pedersen, who only the day before had signed a deal which will tie the 29-year-old former world champ to his US team Lidl-Trek for the rest of his distinguished career. For the moment, the race is all about the nine-time Grand Tour stage winner Pedersen, who says he'll go all out to make it double figures in Thursday's sixth stage, the longest of the three-week race, at 227km, from Potenza to Naples.
Sky News AU
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Teals pulled a ‘one trick pony' which lead to their downfall
Sky News host Liz Storer claims the losing streak of the Teals was due to their 'trick', which showed Australians 'what they actually stood for'. 'We were all watching what was going to happen to the Teals,' Ms Storer told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'This whole other class of politician … you can only pull that trick once. 'It's a one-trick pony. 'The results speak for themselves; people weren't falling for it a second time round.'
