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Giro Stage 11: Breaking Down a Stunning Come-From-Behind Victory
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Giro Stage 11: Breaking Down a Stunning Come-From-Behind Victory

How an underdog used chaos to his advantage to beat some of the sport's best sprinters in Reggio Emilia

Spencer Martin
May 18
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Team DSM’s Alberto Dainese blew past Fernando Gaviria and Simone Consonni on the classically Italian tree-lined streets of Reggio Emilia to get the biggest win of his young career. An orderly run-in that looked perfect for pre-stage favorites Arnaud Démare, Caleb Ewan, and Mark Cavendish suddenly descended into chaos inside the final 300 meters, which a…

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