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A breakaway consisting of Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco AlUla), Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech), and Magnus Cort Nielsen survived all the way to the finish, with Magnus Cort Nielsen winning the 3-man sprint to take Stage 10 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia. Geraint Thomas finished safely with the maglia rosa group to hold onto the overall lead.
The all-new Pinarello Dogma XC mountain bike enjoyed a dream debut at Nové Město with INEOS Grenadiers star Tom Pidcock riding it to victory in both the Men’s Elite Cross-county Short Track and Olympic events.
Remco Evenepoel, who just regained the Giro d’Italia’s maglia rosa in Stage 9 of the 2023 race, was forced to abandon the first Grand Tour of the season after a routine test taken ahead of the first rest day came back positive for Covid-19.
Remco Evenepoel claimed his second individual time trial victory at the 2023 Giro d’Italia, just barely besting Geraint Thomas, Tao Geoghegan Hart, and Stefan Küng.
Irish rookie Ben Healy survived a 52km breakaway to win in Stage 8 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia.
Davide Bais of the Eolo-Kometa saved it all for the last 300m to attack his break companions and take the win atop Gran Sasso d’Italia in Stage 7 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia. There was no change in the G.C.
Stage 6 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia looked to come down to a two-man sprint between Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi, who lead the race from early on, but a catch at 200m saw the race come down to a bunch sprint. Ultimately, it was a win for Mads Pedersen (TFS) in Napoli.
INEOS Grenadiers riders Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Tom Pidcock will be competing on a brand new, full suspension Pinarello Dogma XC development bike at the opening round of the UCI Cross-country World Cup in Nové Město
Ahead of the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season, Red Bull TV has released a new docuseries called Race Tapes which follows the stories of the world’s best riders as they turn a passion for cycling into a career of racing.
Kaden Groves of the Alpecin – Deuceninck team takes the sprint win on a rainy, crash-ridden day for Stage 5 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia. Maglia Rosa Andreas Leknessund finishes the day safely to hold onto his race lead.