we are joined by drew savage. competing in the gerald italia. we arejoined by drew savage. italia. we are joined by drew savage. not a huge surprise would you say? h0. are joined by drew savage. not a huge surprise would you say? no, not reall . he huge surprise would you say? no, not really. he turned _ huge surprise would you say? no, not really. he turned 38 _ huge surprise would you say? no, not really. he turned 38 yesterday - huge surprise would you say? no, not really. he turned 38 yesterday and . really. he turned 38 yesterday and the fans at the italian race warm to him and it's a rest day today but always press conferences and a rest day and saw he announced he was going to what we thought this would happen. he is an emotional man and he has a young family and his wife with him and he said cycling has been my life and it has taught me so much about life, dedication, loyalty, sacrifice and perseverance, all important things i want to pass on as a father. that's key for him and he is of such a great career and you want to spend more time with his family as you might

drew savage has more. to add to his 16 victories at the giro d'italia. but it's often the most unpredictable of cycling's grand tours, and today was no exception. it wasn't the wet conditions that caused the first incident. world champion and race favourite remco evenepoel was down, but what had caused it? replays found the culprit a stray dog that had run into the peloton. the belgian took a while to get going again, although he appeared to be okay. but more misfortune was to affect him on the run into the finish clipped by another rider, haven paul went down again. he'll stay second in the overall standings, but was clearly angry and there wasn't a happy ending for cavendish either. australia's kaden groves won the sprint finish as the manx missile, who'd been knocked off balance, slid across the line in fifth place. remarkably, he was soon back on his feet. but race leader andreas leknessund was happy enough he'd finished safely in the bunch and still leads evenepoel by 22 seconds. drew savage, bbc news

drew savage explains why.r three weeks. sometimes, to pick your battles and look at the bigger picture. that was the case for geraint thomas today. that pinkjersey can be a mixed blessing — it means an hour of interviews every day, while your rivals are already recovering. primoz roglic, in the black and yellow of thejumbo visma team — is two seconds behind thomas in the standings but he was playing it safe too. so as the race reached flatter terrain a clearer picture emerged. a breakaway group was allowed to gain minutes and minutes. germany's nico denz won his second giro stage, while in the second group across the line was the unheralded frenchman bruno armirail. he'd started the day 22nd but as the thomas group, tactically, trundled over the line 20 minutes later, armirial inherited the race lead. the welshman content to let that pinkjersey go for now — the french rider more than happy to accept it and all that comes with it. danny savage, bbc news. ——drew savage. it's a big night of boxing. as the light—w

drew savage reports. one last mountain between the welshman and the giro, and primoz roglic.sey in the final time trial at the tour de france, but today he was battling for pink. thomas was the last to set off, while up the mountain, roglic was cranking it up. not far from the slovenian border, this felt like home turf. geraint thomas was only two seconds down at the first time check, but roglic was piling on the pressure, scaling monte lussari faster than anyone else. it didn't look good for thomas, that gap was growing. up to 15 seconds, then drama. a mechanical problem for roglic, would that destroy his momentum? every second counts in a time trial and thomas was still losing them. as roglic finished strongly, posting the fastest time, could the man in the pinkjersey do enough to keep it? geraint thomas said afterwards he felt his legs going. it is a0 seconds down. geraint thomas loses the giro d'italia. as welsh hearts sank, slovenia celebrated. redemption for roglic. and we've just had this reaction in from geraint thomas. apologies for any break—up on the pictures. yeah

drew savage reports. one last mountain between the welshman and the hero, and primoz roglic.hree years ago, the slovenian lost the yellowjersey in the final time trial at the tour de france but today he was battling for pink. thomas was the last to set off while up the mountain, roberts was cranking it up, not farfrom while up the mountain, roberts was cranking it up, not far from the slovenian border this felt like home tie. geraint thomas was only two seconds down at the first time check but primoz roglic was piling on the pressure, scaling monte lussari faster than anyone else. the gap was 15 seconds and then drama. mechanical problem for roglic, without destroying his momentum? every second counts per time trial. code the man in the pinkjersey do enough to keep it? geraint thomas said afterward he felt his legs going. said afterward he felt his legs hoin _ , ., said afterward he felt his legs anoin. , . ., said afterward he felt his legs uuoin. , ., ., , said afterward he felt his legs main, , ., ., , , ., going. geraint thomas loses the giro d'italia. as welsh _ going. g

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drew savage reports.nd today was no exception. it was not the wet conditions that cause the first incident, world champion was down and what it cost it, replace found the culprit, a stray dog bed and run into the teller. the belgian took a while to get going again although he appeared to be ok. for more misfortune was to affect him running to the finish and clipped by another writer and went down again. staying second in the overall standings but was clearly angry. and there was not a happy ending for cavendish, caitlin groves won the finish after being knocked off balance and slid across the line in fifth place. remarkably, he was soon back on his feet. but they were happy enough, he finished safely in the bunch and still was ahead by 22 seconds. one of britain's most successful para athletes has called for more to be done to help women who suffer with endometriosis. charlotte henshaw, the current paralympic canoe champion, says it took years for her to be diagnosed with the condition. according to the c

drew savage has more.e six in the shadow of mount vesuvius? nine eruption but racing for thomas but they did force the pics, favourite remco had to use valuable energy to stay in the group after crashing yesterday. and predicted that simon clark and dimarco had other ideas. a0 miles to go, they did not look back, they were forced chase mode and comments whose chain of come off, and you have the support of his team—mate to catch up again. clark and marty were still out with hundreds of metres to go and they left too late but sheer weight of numbers held out in the end and with the plucky pair finally overtaken, the plucky pair finally overtaken, the fast men fought it out. and it was said and who stormed to the stage victory. a day for denmark although it is still leading overall. staying on two wheels but moving from the road to rockier climes. with mountain biking about to embark on its first ever world series. on its first ever world series which brings together all the disciplines in the sport under one