Giro Ditalia 2021

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Giro d'Italia: Riders in peloton test negative for COVID-19, Tomasz Marczynski withdrawn after suffering symptoms

However one cyclist Tomasz Marczynski of the Belgian Lotto-Soudal team was withdrawn as a precaution because of symptoms related to the deadly virus ahead of the ninth stage.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: Swiss cyclist Gino Maeder wins sixth stage, Attila Valter takes leader's jersey

Maeder, who rides for Team Bahrain Victorious, was part of a quartet leading the race up the summit finish and the 24-year-old attacked with three kilometres remaining to cross the line 12 seconds ahead of his fellow escapees.

Giro d'Italia: Australia's Caleb Ewan wins fifth stage, Alessandro De Marchi retains overall lead

Lotto rider Ewan overtook Giacomo Nizzolo to triumph in the final metres of a flat, initially uneventful stage that was suddenly hit by a raft of falls as the race came to its climax in Cattolica on the Adriatic coast.

Giro d'Italia: Belgian Tim Merlier wins second stage, Filippo Ganna retains leader's jersey

Merlier, 28, riding for Alpecin, finished ahead of two Italians, European champion Giacomo Nizzolo and Elia Viviani, to claim his fourth win of the season.

Giro d'Italia 2021: Italy's Filippo Ganna wins opening stage for second straight year

World time-trial champion Ganna again pulled on the leader's pink jersey after finishing nearly 10 seconds faster than compatriot Edoardo Affini of Jumbo–Visma in the race against the clock.