NAPLES, Italy — Dutch cyclist Olav Kooij won a bunch sprint for a stage victory on his grand tour debut while Tadej Pogacar maintained his considerable lead after the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday.
Sunbathers lie on the beach next to the road where cyclists sprint on their way to the finish line during the 9th stage of the of the Giro d’Italia.
Kooij, who rides for Visma-Lease a Bike, edged Jonathan Milan by half a wheel at the end of the 214-kilometer route from Avezzano to Napoli – the second longest day of this Giro. Juan Sebastian Molano was third.“I was really looking forward to my first grand tour,” Kooij said, adding that despite his previous wins “this one is really one I was dreaming of.”
But, with Pogacar leading a charging peloton for his own fast man Molano, Narvaez was caught just 50 meters from the line.It had been expected to be a day for the breakaway but only two riders went clear right at the start. Polti–Kometa teammates Mirco Maestri and Andrea Pietrobon had a long and lonely day up front before they were caught with 24 kilometers remaining.
“It’s a comfortable gap to go to the rest day, I’m really looking forward for easy day tomorrow,” Pogacar said. “Just relax and try to not think about the race for one day, but it is going to be hard.”
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