Romain Bardet has today withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia on stage 13 after struggling with sickness that developed during yesterday’s stage. Having started the stage, attempting to get through the day, Bardet eventually pulled out early in the race. Bardet leaves having sat in fourth place on GC, contributing a strong first time trial in Hungary, an impressive performance at Blockhaus, and supporting Alberto Dainese’s victory on stage 11. Quotes Romain Bardet commented after the stage had concluded: “I’m really disappointed to leave the race like this – we’ve all worked really hard to get here and invested a lot…
Author: Henri Giroud
Henri Giroud
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Report The trigger went well in Messina on Wednesday, for Arnaud Démare and his teammates. The day after his first victory of the season, on the Giro, the Picard rider has therefore recurred this Thursday in Calabria. Still perfectly put into orbit by his train, this time he set all the sprinters on the board, although the victory was granted to him only for a few millimeters. Thanks to this new prestigious success, he now has seven stage successes in the Giro d’Italia, making him the most prolific Frenchman in history on the event. In front of Bernard Hinault and…
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Report This Tuesday, the riders of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux enabled Biniam Girmay Hailu to write a new page of cycling history at the end of the tenth stage of the Tour of Italy (2.UWT). In his first Grand Tour, the 22 year old rider from Eritrea triumphed at the end of a 196 kilometer stage between Pescara and Jesi, by defeating Mathieu van der Poel in a bunch sprint. From the first until the last kilometer, his teammates did everything they could to ensure a group sprint in the streets of Jesi. Barnabas Peák and Aimé De Gendt first controlled the…
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