Giro d'Italia: Remco Evenepoel retakes overall lead with stage nine win

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Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel riding to triumph successful the signifier 9 clip proceedings of the Giro d'Italia

Remco Evenepoel bushed Geraint Thomas by conscionable 1 2nd to triumph the signifier 9 idiosyncratic clip proceedings and retake the wide pb of the Giro d'Italia.

The Belgian covered the 35km people successful 41 minutes 24 seconds to borderline retired Britain's Thomas connected the enactment successful Cesena.

Thomas' Ineos Grenadiers team-mate and erstwhile victor Tao Geoghegan Hart was third, 2 seconds down connected Evenepoel.

Evenepoel's 2nd clip proceedings triumph of the contention saw him regain the leader's pinkish jersey disconnected Andreas Leknessund.

Welshman Thomas has overtaken Primoz Roglic to spell 2nd successful the wide classification, 45 seconds backmost connected pre-race favourite Evenepoel and 2 seconds up of Slovenia's Roglic, who finished sixth connected stage.

"That was close. It was bully to beryllium successful the premix with Tao. It looks promising," said Thomas.

Geoghegan Hart, who won the 2020 edition, is 4th overall, 3 seconds backmost connected Roglic.

Norway's Leknessund was 19th connected the signifier and has dropped to sixth overall.

World roadworthy contention champion Evenepoel, 23, said helium struggled successful the upwind and rainfall contempt claiming victory.

"I started excessively accelerated and suffered a small midway, but I got my legs backmost successful the end," said the Soudal Quick-Step rider, who won the clip proceedings connected signifier 1 earlier losing the leader's jersey connected signifier four.

"It's not the champion result, but I won adjacent if it wasn't a apical performance."

There is simply a remainder time connected Monday earlier the contention resumes with a hilly 196km way from Scandiano to Viareggio connected Tuesday.

Stage 9 results