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Giro Stage 18: Breaking Down a Shocking Upset

Giro Stage 18: Breaking Down a Shocking Upset

How the breakaway shocked the sprinters in what was supposed to be their final chance for a Giro stage win

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Spencer Martin
May 26, 2022
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Dries De Bondt got the biggest win of his career out of a group of four riders who worked together to shock the teams of the fast men in what was supposed to be a nailed-on sprint stage in Treviso. De Bondt beat Edoardo Affini and Magnus Cort in an extremely ragged reduced sprint to the line after the three riders had expended an immense amount of energ…

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