Australian Luke Plapp is pipped in a three-way sprint at the Giro, after briefly being the virtual leader of the race earlier on.
Luke Plapp has enjoyed an "insane" day at the Giro d'Italia, the bold Australian champion eventually finishing third in a three-man sprint for glory after earlier finding himself the virtual leader of the race.
At points, with the breakaway even holding a three-minute, 15-second advantage, Plapp was actually the "virtual" leader on the road and even with just over 20km remaining, was still on pole to wear the leader's pink jersey in Friday's time trial. "I felt really, really strong on the climbs, but those other two are super-punchy. I tried to go on the gravel climb a long way out, but they were able to stay with me."Pogačar, who eventually came home safely among the fast-finishing bunch to protect his 46-second race lead over Geraint Thomas , suggested afterwards he would have been happy if Plapp had ridden into pink, but he was happy with his comfortable day's work.
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