Giro 2023: Ben Healy wins the eighth stage: Leknessund is confirmed in the pink jersey
The Irishman was ahead of Derek Gee and Filippo Zanna.
The Irishman was ahead of Derek Gee and Filippo Zanna.
“After testing positive for Covid-19 and showing mild flu-like symptoms,” Ineos Grenadiers writes.
“I hope to be able to defend it again on Saturday, but on Sunday I think my adventure will end,” said the Norwegian.
The 25-year-old Rovereto native precedes breakaway companions Vacek and Petilli. Fourth at more than three minutes Evenepoel ahead of Roglic, Leknessund still pink jersey.
“The time trial would be able to do it, the World Championship in line would not.”
The Dane was ahead of Jonathan Milan and Pascal Ackermann.
The Belgian world champion went down twice yesterday but showed up at the starting line despite the inevitable aftermath of the crashes. Positive was 28-year-old Frenchman Clément Russo.
“I didn’t think the escape would go that far,” he stressed.
The Belgian former pink jersey was the victim of two mishaps during the stage from Atripalda to Salerno.
The Australian on the wet asphalt beats Milan, Pedersen and Dainese. The Belgian ends up on the ground again with less than 3 km to go after a crash at the start of the stage.
Crash with 150 km to go in Salerno on stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia.
The Frenchman beats his breakaway companion in a sprint to take the symbol of the overall lead by undermining Remco Evenepoel.
The Australian cyclist won the third stage of the pink race
San Salvo winner: “I’m on my first Giro d’Italia, second stage ever. It feels like something incredible.”
The second stage, the first for sprinters in this year’s pink race, goes to the Friulian.
The Slovenian, who lost 43″ to Evenepoel in the Corsa Rosa’s opening time trial, is unfazed.
The Piedmontese rider’s comment after the first stage of the Giro 2023 finished 22 seconds behind the Belgian now in the pink jersey.
The satisfaction of the Belgian, who beat out the competition on the Fossacesia Marina-Ortona.
The president of Federciclismo: “It’s a great popular novel involving a thousand villages and one country.”
No running in April, the Slovenian preferred to train at high altitude.
The 40-year-old from Israel Premier-Tech has put complicated months behind him: the goal is Top 10 in the Corsa Rosa.
“It has a special place in my heart; I have less pressure but I want to win,” he stressed.
“I have to go up another level, and I never doubted to choose the Giro to do it.”
The 37-year-old AG2R Citroen Team rider will leave cycling at the end of the season
“The opening time trial once again gives me an opportunity to start the Giro at my best,” he notes.
The Spaniard has won the pink race on two occasions (2008 and 2015).
ADISPRO also mourns one of its most passionate members.
“It all starts with a dream. Mine is to again see a young Sardinian cyclist at the highest level of the sport.”