Associated PressSanchez grabs biggest career win on Giro Stage 6 and Pogacar stays in front
An incredulous Pelayo Sanchez won the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia while Tadej Pocagar remained the leader on Thursday after riding on white, dusty gravel roads normally used in another famous race. Sanchez edged fellow breakaway riders Julian Alaphilippe and Luke Plapp in a sprint at the end of the 180-kilometer (112-mile) route from Torre Del Lago Puccini — on the outskirts of Viareggio — to Rapolano Terme.
- Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine
'Silent ride' set May 15 to commemorate cyclists who were injured, killed on Maine roads
May 8—LEWISTON — The Maine Cycling Club will host a Ride of Silence at 6 p.m. Wednesday to commemorates those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. It is part of the International Ride of Silence held each year on the third Wednesday of May. It also raises awareness that bicyclists have a legal right to use the road, and reminds motorists to respectfully share the ...
BBCFrance's Thomas takes surprise stage five Giro win
Frenchman Benjamin Thomas takes a surprise victory in Lucca on stage five of the Giro d’Italia as Tadej Pogacar retains his overall lead.
Associated PressThomas takes biggest road win of his career on Giro stage 5 as Pocagar keeps leader's pink jersey
Benjamin Thomas of France got the biggest victory of his career on the road as he won the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia while Tadej Pogacar kept the leader’s pink jersey on Wednesday. In a surprising result, Thomas won from a breakaway, sprinting to edge out Michael Valgren and Andrea Pietrobon at the end of the undulating 178-kilometer (111-mile) route from Genoa to Lucca. “It was like a long, long, long team pursuit,” Thomas said with a laugh.