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Jhonatan Narváez takes stage 12 but Giro overshadowed by Covid concerns

15-Oct-2020 16:51:18 | The Guardian

• Narváez escapes from Mark Padun to secure victory for Ineos
• Thomas De Gendt questions whether race should continue

Jhonatan Narváez of Ineos Grenadiers soloed to victory on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia but concerns over the security of the race’s coronavirus bubble overshadowed the day.

Narváez capitalised on a cruelly timed mechanical problem for Bahrain-McLaren’s Mark Padun to deliver a third stage victory for Ineos, and the biggest win of the 23-year-old Ecuadorian’s career.

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