Modolo sprints for second win in Giro, Contador retains pink


Contador (in pink) keeping things in check while Aru (white) tries an attack with Yuri Trofimov of Katusha on tow. - EPA

LUGANO (Switzerland): Italian Lampre rider Sacha Modolo won his second stage of the Giro d’Italia as he came out on top in a sprint finish following Stage 17 from Tirano to Lugano in Switzerland.

Spaniard Alberto Contador comfortably retained the leader’s pink jersey after a relatively flat day of racing across 134km.

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Giro , Alberto Contador , Cycling , Lugano

   

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