Lotto-Soudal Cycling Team (Italy) - Press Release: Caleb Ewan has taken the second Giro stage win of his career. After fantastic work by the Lotto Soudal team, the young Australian sprinter beat Elia Viviani and Pascal Ackermann in a bunch kick. This is his fourth victory of the season, after previous wins in the Tour of Turkey and the UAE Tour.
The longest stage of the Giro was scheduled today. The riders had to cover 239 kilometres along the Adriatic Sea between Tortoreto Lido and Pesaro. The course was mostly flat, although there were a few short climbs in the finale. The break of the day, with Frapporti and Cima, was caught early. Near the end, Ciccone, Bidard and Vervaeke attacked, but the peloton caught them as well. Finally, Caleb Ewan was the strongest in the bunch sprint.
Caleb Ewan:
“The team did a great job today. Thomas De Gendt and Victor Campenaerts took control over the stage, while my other teammates kept me perfectly at the front of the peloton on the dangerous roads. The late breakaway of the three riders appeared to be dangerous, but eventually it turned out in a sprint thanks to Tosh Van der Sande and Jasper De Buyst. I really hoped to take the victory, because I was already second, third and fourth before. The second place behind Carapaz was not in a traditional sprint, but we tried to learn from the other bunch sprints. That way, we wanted to make a plan for the next one.”
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