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Giro d’Italia: Davide Bais triumphs on Gran Sasso after ‘boring’ stalemate

12-May-2023 17:10:05 | The Guardian

• Home rider wins stage seven after successful breakaway
• Overall leader Andreas Leknessund calls stage ‘a bit boring’

The expected general classification scrap on the first summit finish of this year’s Giro d’Italia never came as the Italian rider Davide Bais took a surprise victory on stage seven from a breakaway.

More than three minutes after Bais (Eolo–Kometa) took his first professional win, the main contenders came to the top of the Gran Sasso d’Italia together, merely ensuring there were no time gaps between them. The world champion, Remco Evenepoel of Soudal-Quick-Step, led the group home. It was a long way from the expected drama as the main contenders passed up an opportunity to race, an unexpected truce among rivals who remain bunched up in the standings behind the overall leader, DSM’s Andreas Leknessund.