Opinions were split before stage eight on whether the breakaway would escape or if the sprint teams would try to control proceedings. Carapaz will not return to defend his crown in 2020 having raced the Tour de France earlier this year. The penultimate stage will bring the gruppo from Alba to Sestriere. João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) extended his overall lead by two seconds to 17 seconds over Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb) after a late attack. Ben O’Connor (NTT Pro Cycling) returned for redemption on stage 17 of the Giro, escaping the peloton in the day’s 19-rider breakaway and attacking 8km from the finish. Thomas and Dennis headline Ineos Grenadiers at the Giro d’Italia, Rapha and Palace create radical Giro d'Italia team kit for EF Pro Cycling, Astana replaces two Giro d'Italia riders after contact with COVID-19-infected teammate, Matthews, Kelderman and Oomen lead Sunweb at the Giro d'Italia, Simon Yates leads Mitchelton-Scott at the Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia will not apply Tour de France 'two strikes, team out' coronavirus rule, News Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) took his second stage win of the 2020 Giro d’Italia on the final mountain stage to Sestriere beating Jai Hindley (Sunweb) to the line.
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As the race moves to the mainland, the sprinters and punchers will get their chance at stage victories before the next mountain day on stage nine ahead of the rest day. Stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia unexpectedly turned into a stage for the GC contenders as a group of the favourites along with the pink jersey João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) got away from the sprinters on the final climb. Fernando Gaviria will be the fast man for UAE Team Emirates. The director of the Giro d’Italia says he wants sanctions for Jumbo-Visma and EF Pro Cycling over their response to the coronavirus situation during the race. After failing to win a stage at the Tour de France, Sagan will be keen to secure victories in Italy. The pink jersey stays in the hands of João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) after not changes in the GC top-10. A brutal day of up and down climbing at the Giro d’Italia was made all the more difficult by horrendous conditions, but Ineos’ Jhonatan Narvaez was able to survive from the day’s main breakaway to beat Mark Padun (Bahrain-McLaren) to the win. How much prize money does Tao Geoghegan-Hart and the rest take home at the end of the Giro d'Italia 2020? Bath Josef Černý (CCC Team) made it into the day’s breakaway which was able to stay away from the peloton, and the Czech rider went solo with 22.4km to go. João Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) retains the overall lead heading into the weekend stages before Monday’s first rest day. A two-time winner of the Giro will also be present in Sicily for the start, with home favourite Vincenzo Nibali lining up for his first Grand Tour with Trek-Segafredo. The route suits the Welshman however; an accomplished time triallist and climber, he should thrive over the three individual efforts against the clock and be able to hold his own against the pure climbers in the high mountains. Majka has a strong Bora-hansgrohe team around him and is riding for a new contract for next year, so should be highly motivated to perform. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) will look to take their first career Grand Tour victories at this year’s Giro and will be supported by strong teams.