28 h. ago Mads Pedersen reclaims Giro d’Italia pink jersey with stage three sprint win

Danish rider denies Corbin Strong in Vlorë sprintRace now returns to Italy after three stages in AlbaniaMads Pedersen reclaimed the leader’s pink jersey with victory in the third stage of the Giro d’Italia as the race bade farewell to Albania.The Danish rider repeated his first-stage success by holding off Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) in a sprint finish in Vlorë. Pedersen’s Lidl-Trek team controlled the peloton, reeling in an early breakaway that included Britain’s stage two winner, Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers). Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Mads Pedersen seals second sprint victory of Giro d’Italia to move back into race lead

The Dane proved unstoppable once again as he took a second sprint victory of the race to reclaim the overall lead

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53 h. ago Josh Tarling claims statement win in Giro d’Italia stage two time

The 21-year-old beat Primoz Roglic by one second to claim the first grand-tour stage win of his career, as Roglic took the pink jersey from Mads Pedersen

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3 d. ago Mads Pedersen takes pink for first time with Giro d’Italia stage one win in Albania

Mads Pedersen triumphs in Tirana to pull on the maglia rosa for the first time

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3 d. ago Giro d’Italia: Pedersen wins but Landa crashes out on opening stage in Tirana

Danish rider holds off Van Aert in bunch sprint to lineMikel Landa abandons race after crash late in stageDenmark’s former world champion Mads Pedersen edged out Wout van Aert in a bunch sprint to win the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia in Tirana, but Mikel Landa was forced to abandon the race after a crash five kilometres from the finish.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was positioned perfectly by his teammates for the climax in the Albanian capital and held off Belgium’s Van Aert to become the first rider this year – and the first Dane – to wear the overall leader’s pink jersey. Venezuela’s Orluis Aular (Movistar) was third across the line. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Who is leading the Giro d’Italia? Maglia rosa and general classification standings

Mads Pedersen pulled on the maglia rosa for the first time with victory in Tirana, Albania

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3 d. ago Giro d’Italia LIVE: Mads Pedersen takes pink for first time with stage one win in Albania

Wout van Aert, Tom Pidcock and Mads Pedersen among the favourites on a hilly opening day to the year’s first Grand Tour

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3 d. ago Giro d’Italia LIVE: Stage one set for fierce fight to claim maglia rosa as race begins in Albania

Wout van Aert, Tom Pidcock and Mads Pedersen among the favourites on a hilly opening day to the year’s first Grand Tour

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3 d. ago Giro d’Italia stage one preview: Tom Pidcock and Wout van Aert hunt win on 160km route to Tirana

Punchy riders with a fast finish look best placed to win Friday’s opening stage of the 2025 Giro and claim the famous pink jersey

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7 d. ago Oscar Piastri wins F1 Miami Grand Prix to stretch lead in title race

Lando Norris second as McLaren dominateGeorge Russell third, Max Verstappen fourthDemonstrating with emphatic effect that he must be considered now the front runner for the championship, Oscar Piastri’s drive from fourth on the grid to victory at the Miami Grand Prix was the stuff that defines the battling Aussie spirit. Taking the win for McLaren with a piece of relentlessly controlled dominance and in so doing determinedly maintaining his place out front in a tight title fight, Piastri laid down a marker in Florida that he will be exceptionally hard to beat this season.Disappointed on missing out on a win in the sprint race on Saturday, Piastri and his team executed with perfection to secure a remarkable win from fourth place, beating his teammate Lando Norris into second place, the British driver’s hopes of victory extinguished within moments of the lights going out when he went wheel to wheel with Max Verstappen, went off and fell to sixth. Verstappen could manage only fourth fr...

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9 d. ago Oscar Piastri remains dominant McLaren teammate despite Lando Norris’ sprint win in Miami

McLaren faces the challenge of having two championship contenders at the Miami Grand Prix

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9 d. ago F1 Miami GP LIVE: Qualifying updates after Lando Norris cuts Oscar Piastri’s lead with sprint win

Follow all the action as Lando Norris moved a point closer to teammate Oscar Piastri with Miami sprint victory

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9 d. ago F1 Miami GP LIVE: Qualifying start time after Lando Norris cuts Oscar Piastri’s lead with sprint win

Follow all the reaction as teenage star Antonelli makes F1 history with pole in sprint qualifying

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1 week ago Bullish Lando Norris qualifies in third place for F1 Miami sprint race

Norris ‘more confident than I have ever been’Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli takes debut sprint poleLando Norris wants only to focus on his racing as he attempts to re-establish his challenge for the Formula One world championship this season. The McLaren driver insists he has never been so confident in his own ability before this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, where he qualified in third place for Saturday’s sprint race and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took his debut F1 sprint pole.The British driver opened the season strongly with a win in Australia and led the championship until the last round in Saudi Arabia when he was overtaken by his teammate Oscar Piastri, who has now won three of the opening five meetings. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lando Norris bullish over title bid and qualifies third for F1 Miami sprint race

Norris ‘more confident than I have ever been’Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli takes debut sprint poleLando Norris wants only to focus on his racing as he attempts to re-establish his challenge for the Formula One world championship this season. The McLaren driver insists he has never been so confident in his own ability before this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, where he qualified in third place for Saturday’s sprint race and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took his debut F1 sprint pole.The British driver opened the season strongly with a win in Australia and led the championship until the last round in Saudi Arabia when he was overtaken by his teammate Oscar Piastri, who has now won three of the opening five meetings. Continue reading...

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