Australian Luke Plapp broke away on a 45-kilometer solo attack to win a hilly Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia 2025 on Saturday, as veteran Italian all-rounder Diego Ulissi grabbed the overall lead.

Andrea Vendrame won the 19th stage of the 2024 Giro d'Italia on Friday after slipping away from the other survivors of a long breakaway on a hilly 157-kilometer run from Mortegliano to Sappada.

Spain's Pelayo Sanchez of the Movistar team emerged from the dust, gravel and hills after a 180-kilometer ride through Tuscan vineyards to beat Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe by a bike length in the 2024 Giro d'Italia sixth stage Thursday.

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