BBCPogacar wins chaotic Giro stage 16 as organisers are called 'dinosaurs'
Australia’s Ben O'Connor calls the race organisers “dinosaurs” after a delayed and chaotic start to a shortened stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia, which is eventually won by race leader Tadej Pogacar.
The TelegraphGiro d’Italia ‘shambles’ as riders boycott new route after severe snowfall
Chaos and confusion reigned at the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday after riders boycotted the original planned start to stage 16 in Livigno after the route was left in a blanket of snow.
Associated PressPogacar extends Giro lead to over 7 minutes after winning altered Stage 16 amid protests at start
After a chaotic, wet and unusual start to the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia, there was a familiar sight at the finish on Tuesday. Tadej Pogacar won on a much-altered 118.4 kilometers (73.6 miles) route from Laas, and following protests at the start, to extend his considerable advantage to over seven minutes. The Slovenian cycling star counted up the stage wins on his fingers — five — and then raised up his hand as he crossed the line at Santa Cristina Valgardena, 16 seconds ahead of Giulio Pellizzari and Daniel Martinez.
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Kristen Faulkner, Sean Quinn win US cycling road race championships in West Virginia
Kristen Faulkner rebounded from a second-place finish in the U.S. time trial championships, which cost her a spot on the American cycling team for the Paris Olympics, by dropping Ruth Edwards along with everyone else and rolling uncontested to the finish line to win the national road racing title on Sunday. Faulkner finished 55 seconds ahead of Edwards, a former national champion, to win the stars-and-stripes jersey for the first time. Coryn Labecki outsprinted Lauren Stephens and Lauren de Crescenzo to round out the podium.