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France's Nans Peters crossed the line alone to claim his maiden victory in the Giro d'Italia 17th stage on Wednesday as Ecuador's Richard Carapaz tightened his grip on the leader's pink jersey with four days of racing left. Peters, riding for the Ag2r-La MondPeters storms to Giro 17th stage win, Carapaz extends lead
France's Nans Peters crossed the line alone to claim his maiden victory in the Giro d'Italia 17th stage on Wednesday as Ecuador's Richard Carapaz tightened his grip on the leader's pink jersey with four days of racing left. Peters, riding for the Ag2r-La Mondiale team, blew away his rivals at the end of the 181km run through the north of Italy, near the Austrian border. The 25-year-old pulled clear 16km from the line and had built up an advantage of one minute at the foot of the 5.5km final climb. «It's enormous! I'd never won, I'd always come close,» said the rider from the mountainous region of Isere in south-eastern France. Colombian Esteban Chaves, riding for Mitchelton-Scott, finished a distant second 1min 30sec behind with Italy's Davide Formolo of Bora-Hansgrohe third at 1min 51sec. «It's incredible to get my first pro win in a Grand Tour,» continued Peters. «My Giro was already a success having worn the top young rider's white jersey for a few days. I had no stress.» Peters had already been among the leaders in the sixth stage, but had been unable to finish off and dropped to eighth. But it allowed him to pull on the white jersey for three days. Movistar rider Carapaz... Read more
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