Egan Bernal destroys his rivals to take Giro d’Italia lead
Tour de France champion of 2019 wins ninth stage with hard climb
16 May 2021 - 18:48
Campo Felice — Egan Bernal blew away his rivals on the Giro d’Italia as he won the ninth stage with a brutal, gravity-defying effort in the final climb to claim the race’s overall lead on Sunday.
The 2019 Tour de France champion produced impressive acceleration inside the last 1km of a gravel road final section to beat Italian Giulio Ciccone and Russian Aleksandr Vlasov, who were second and third respectively 7 sec behind...
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