5/19/2016

Greipel sprints to third stage win of Giro (Reuters) #Cycling

Lotto-Soudal rider Andre Greipel of Germany celebrates on the podium after winning the 109.5-km (68 miles) final 21st stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Sevres to Paris Champs-Elysees, France, July 26, 2015 in this file picture. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

(Reuters) - German veteran Andre Greipel claimed his third stage of this year's Giro d'Italia after his Lotto-Soudal team powered him home on a pancake flat 12th stage on Thursday. The Belgium-based outfit turned the last 15km of the 182km stage in the lowlands near Venice into a team time trial as the Red Express roared around the streets of Bibione. All eight riders stayed wheel to wheel, stretching the peloton, before Greipel took over and blasted to the line, using all his experience to hold off young Australian Caleb Ewan. ...




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