Giro d'Italia: Consistency key to Nizzolo's success in the race for points

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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trek Factory Racing's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giacomo Nizzolo may not have gotten the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage win that he so desperatᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ�🍷�ᩚᩚᩚely wanted at this year’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia but his consistently strong finishes in the bunch kicks helped secure him the overall points classification’s 🎃red jersey in Milan on Sunday, and seal his place amongst the sport’s top sprinters.

During that time he has had multiple strong performances and last season he proved to be Trek Factory Racing's top sprinter with two wins; stage 3 at the Tour de San Luis and stage 2 at the Tour de Wallonie. Perhaps more impressively he had 12 podium places, including five at the Giro d'Italia where he also placed second over♏all in the points classification, showing his promise as a Grand Tour sprinter.

Although he failed to achieve a stage win, his consistent finishes in the sprints over three weeks were the key to his success in the points competition. Two second-place finishes combined with thrꦰee fifth pla🐠ces and a sixth place landed him in the jersey with 181 points. BMC's double stage winner Philippe Gilbert was second with 148 points and Lampre-Merida's double stage winner Sacha Modolo was third with 147, while Team Sky's Elia Viviani ended up fourth overall with 144 points.

"It was hard to control today, and during the stage we lost ꧒some points," Nizzolo said of the final stage. "For the second sprint there was a lot of stress – maybe too much – and in the end the breakaway was gone and for us that was not bad, so we let them go, for the jersey. The final sprint was a bit chaotic, but I took third from the bunch and in front of my main competitors so it all worked out."

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