Giro Stage 8: A Nuclear Fast Start & An Impressive Stage Win

The race for the overall rises to a boil heading into the toughest test yet

May 15, 2021

The peloton ripped out of the gate to start today’s stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia with Egan Bernal nearly catching out his GC rivals like Simon Yates and Remco Evenepoel. While the move was eventually brought to heel, the pace remained extremely high for the first 1.5 hours of racing before a breakaway eventually went clear with 100-kilometers remaining.…

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