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Gaviria sprints to victory

COLOMBIA’S Fernando Gaviria won a bunch sprint at the end of the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia yesterday to claim his second victory of this year’s race, while Quick-Step teammate Bob Jungels remained in the overall lead. Gaviria, who won his first ever Grand Tour stage on Sunday in Sardinia, edged out Italy’s Jakub Mareczko at the end of the undulating 159-kilometer route from Pedara to Messina, the hometown of 2013 and 2016 Giro winner, Vincenzo Nibali. Mareczko came back from a long way out to pip Irish rider Sam Bennett, who finished third. Today’s sixth stage sees the Giro move to mainland Italy with a 217km route from Reggio Calabria to Terme Luigiane.




 

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