Cycling - Austrian Postlberger wins opening stage of Giro


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 06 May 2017

MILAN (Reuters) - Austrian grand tour debutant Lukas Postlberger claimed a surprise victory in the first stage of the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia in Sardinia on Friday.

The Bora-Hansgrohe lead-out man found himself clear of the chasing peloton in the last kilometre into Olbia after 206km on the road and as the sprinters tried to react he powered on to cross the line and become the first man in the Maglia Rosa.

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