Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 6 - Grotte di Frasassi to Ascoli Piceno (San Giacomo), Italy - May 13, 2021 Ineos Grenadiers rider Egan Arley Bernal Gomez of Colombia finishes Stage 6 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
ASCOLI PICENO, Italy (Reuters) -Swiss Gino Maeder claimed his maiden grand tour victory when he prevailed at the end of a long breakaway on the sixth stage as Egan Bernal underlined his title credentials again on Thursday.
A day after his Bahrain Victorious leader Mikel Landa crashed out of the race, Maeder had just enough left in the tank after 162 km in the rain from Grotte di Frasassi to give his team something to cheer.
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