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Giro d'Italia Stage 6: A Picture-Perfect Leadout

Giro d'Italia Stage 6: A Picture-Perfect Leadout

Breaking down how a picture-perfect leadout capped off a stage that signaled a reshuffling of the Giro's sprinter hierarchy

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Spencer Martin
May 12, 2022
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Arnaud Démare blew by Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan inside the final few meters, before executing a picture-perfect bike throw, to cap off one of the best wins of his career on the 6th stage of the Giro d’Italia.

While the sprint finish, which Démare’s Groupama-FDJ team executed perfectly, was thrilling, the rest of the 192-kilometer coastal jaunt from …

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