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The Independent UK
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Ian Parker

FOUND: Geraint thomas loses giro d italia lead to primoz roglic on penultimate stage - What They Never Told You

AP

Geraint Thomas saw the pink jersey cruelly snatched away on the penultimate day of the Giro d’Italia as Primoz Roglic overcame a mechanical problem to win a punishing time trial to the summit of Monte Lussari.

Roglic dropped his chain midway up the cruel concrete road to the top but still had enough in reserve to beat Thomas by 40 seconds, overturning the 26-second advantage the Welshman took into the day.

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