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Please check the Diva's bike in the final segment

 

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1 CEST

 

News coming in from our reporters at the Giro d'Italia. The times for the peloton will be taken at the first passage of the line. There will also be no bonus seconds taken on the line. That means the GC riders won't have to fight it out on that last lap.

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The layers are starting to come off as the conditions dry up. That means we see the pink jersey of Bob Jungels.

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So, there we go. The sprints are done. Soon the riders will turn right and head towards the coast, when thoughts will turn to the finalè

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30 kms to roll

 

Not long left for the two riders out front, who have just 41 seconds on the chasing peloton.

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Lotto-Soudal played that perfectly and Greipel takes his third victory at this year's Giro d'Italia.

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The GC riders come across the line a few minutes back with maglia rosa Bob Jungels safe in the bunch.

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It was a good effort by Ewan in that sprint but there was nothing he could do to beat Greipel. He tried to go up the inside but didn't have the pace and then the big German closed the door on him.

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This was how things ended today

 

1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 04:16:00

2 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge

3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo

4 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida

5 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha

6 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo

7 Ivan Savitskiy (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo

8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling

9 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team

10 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF

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Yoh.. strong sprint from Greipel.

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Here are the overall standings after that stage

 

1 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 49:32:20

2 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 00:00:24

3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:01:07

4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo

5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:01:09

6 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 00:02:01

7 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Team Katusha 00:02:25

8 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEdge 00:02:43

9 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:02:45

10 Diego...

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Etxx QuickStep

It was a very difficult finale today and Matteo Trentin expressed his frustration at it, calling the finish dangerous.

 

"A dangerous finale, very narrow roads, and lots of bends. Nobody is really interested in the rider’s safety and their lives.

 

"It was ok for the GC riders but what about the sprinters, it’s always dangerous. Maybe we should be planning some easier or safer finishes. Most bends are ok but maybe some wider roads"

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Yoh.. strong sprint from Greipel.

Greipel with the media

 

... already quite strong of the team to keep me there at the front and still be there for the leadout. It was amazing to follow the wheels of my teammates today. The plan was Jurgen Roelandts would hit the last corner first, and leave a little bit of a gap and then I could accelerate in his slipstream. It worked out really good. I wanted to do the sprint from the corner and I’m happy that it worked out like that.

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Yoh.. strong sprint from Greipel.

Greipel with the media

 

... already quite strong of the team to keep me there at the front and still be there for the leadout. It was amazing to follow the wheels of my teammates today. The plan was Jurgen Roelandts would hit the last corner first, and leave a little bit of a gap and then I could accelerate in his slipstream. It worked out really good. I wanted to do the sprint from the corner and I’m happy that it worked out like that.