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Italy's Cesare Benedetti won Thursday's 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia at Pinerolo in the Italian Alps ahead of compatriot Damiano Caruso. Slovenian Jan Polanc took the overall lead. It was the first win for 31-year-old Bora rider Benedetti who led a long brBenedetti wins Giro d'Italia 12th stage, Polanc takes pink jersey
Italy's Cesare Benedetti won Thursday's 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia at Pinerolo in the Italian Alps ahead of compatriot Damiano Caruso. Slovenian Jan Polanc took the overall lead. It was the first win for 31-year-old Bora rider Benedetti who led a long break-away group in the first mountain stage after the 158km run from Cuneo. Polanc, also among the leading group, took the leader's pink jersey from UAE Emirates teammate Valerio Conti of Italy. Benedetti crossed just ahead of Bahrain-Merida's Caruso with Ireland's Edward Dunbar of Team INEOS third. «I've worked a lot for the others in the past but today I got my opportunity,» said Benedetti. «I'm not a talent, I'm not (usually) a winner, but the way I finished it off is exactly what I wanted to do.» It was the third stage win for Benedetti's Bora team after Germany's Pascal Ackermann's two sprint wins. The first 15 finishers had all been part of a large early breakaway that built up a sizeable advantage. Polanc finished 25 seconds behind Benedetti but more than nine minutes ahead of Conti and more than seven minutes ahead of fellow Slovene Primoz Roglic, who climbed to second Behind the breakaway, the opening skirmishes... Read more