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Giro d'Italia 2021: Lorenzo Fortunato climbs to victory in 14th stage, Egan Bernal holds on to leader's jersey

Colombian Egan Bernal of Ineos was the first of the favourites to cross the finish line to consolidate his hold on the leader's pink jersey.

Giro d'Italia 2021: Giacomo Nizzolo wins 13th stage as Egan Bernal holds on to leader's jersey

Egan Bernal of Ineos again held the leader's pink jersey before the feared Monte Zoncolan on Saturday.

Giro d'Italia: Andrea Vendrame sees off Chris Hamilton to take 12th stage, Egan Bernal retains overall lead

Vendrame finished ahead of Australia's Chris Hamilton, his final breakaway companion, followed by New Zealand's George Bennett and Italy's Gianluca Brambilla after the 212km run from Siena in Tuscany to Bagno di Romagna.

Giro d'Italia: Leader Egan Bernal moves away from chasing pack as Mauro Schmid wins 11th stage

Team Qhubeka's Schmid won the 162km stage as part of a long-range breakaway while the 2019 Tour de France winner Bernal extended his overall lead in Tuscany.

Giro d'Italia: Slovakia's Peter Sagan wins stage 10, Egan Bernal retains leader's jersey

Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe team dominated the final 50km of the 140km race setting a sizzling pace to drop Sagan's rivals before the finale, where the 31-year-old cruised ahead of the reduced field for the win.

Giro d'Italia: Ineos' Egan Bernal takes hold of leader's pink jersey after winning stage nine

The Ineos leader and winner of the 2019 Tour de France pulled away from a select group on a gravel ski slope above the clouds with the other overall contenders only able to watch as he skipped away.

Giro d'Italia: Riders in peloton test negative for COVID-19, Tomasz Marczynski withdrawn after suffering symptoms

However one cyclist Tomasz Marczynski of the Belgian Lotto-Soudal team was withdrawn as a precaution because of symptoms related to the deadly virus ahead of the ninth stage.

Giro d'Italia: French cyclist Victor Lafay wins eighth stage, Attila Valter holds on to leader's pink jersey

Lafay, who rides for Cofidis, attacked on the steep uphill finish of the 170-kilometer (106-mile) leg from Foggia to Sanframondi and soloed to victory.

Giro d'Italia: Australian Caleb Ewan pulls out of tournament with knee injury

The 26-year-old Lotto Soudal leader won stage five earlier in the week and stage seven on Friday, and was leading the sprint points classification.

Giro d'Italia: Caleb Ewan wins seventh stage as Attila Valter retains leaders' jersey

Hungary's Attila Valter of Groupama-FDJ held the leader's pink jersey after the 181km run between Notaresco and Termoli on the Adriatic coast.