Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 9 - Castel Di Sangro to Campo Felice - Castel Di Sangro, Italy - May 16, 2021 Ineos Grenadiers rider Egan Arley Bernal Gomez of Colombia celebrates winning stage 9 on the podium REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
CAMPO FELICE, Italy (Reuters) - Egan Bernal blew away his rivals on the Giro d'Italia as he won the ninth stage with a brutal, gravity-defying effort in the final climb to claim the race's overall lead on Sunday.
The 2019 Tour de France champion produced impressive acceleration inside the last km of a gravel road final section to beat Italian Giulio Ciccone and Russian Aleksandr Vlasov, who were second and third respectively seven seconds behind.
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