Dutchman in command as Giro d’Italia enters f♓inal week
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Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNl-Jumbo) in🐬 the maglia🦹 rosa(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Steven Kruij𝔉swijk (LottoNl-Jumbo) happy with his time trial(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNl-Jumbo) and Es🍸teban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) stage 14 Giro d'Italia
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Steven Kruijswijk (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:LottoNL-Jumbo) may insist that he is as surprised as everyone else to find himself leading the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d’Italia by more than two minutes as the race en😼ters its final week, but he didn’t seem remotely fazed by his new status when he met with reporters during Monday’s rest day.
A week ago in Tuscany, Kruijswijk’s rest day press conference was a low-key affair, attended primarily by a handful of Dutch reporters on their way to see Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin). Seven days on, a rather more eclectic spread of media outlets descended upon the mountain town of Natz – still in Italy, albeit German-𒅌speaking South Tyrol – to hear the maglia rosa’s thoughts.
This Giro, certainly, is speaking a different language to one anticipated beforehand. Rather than a straight battle between home favourite Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Spanish challengers Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Mikel Landa (Sky), it is Kruijswijk who holds a commanding lead in the overall standings.
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Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professio꧃nal cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France,♋ Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of , published by Gill Books.
