Giro d’Italia 2023: Nico Denz doubles up on Stage 14, Ineos let Bruno Armirail take pink from Geraint Thomas
Nico Denz (Bora-hansgrohe) doubled up at the Giro d’Italia after pulling off an incredible win on Stage 14, while Bruno Armirail (Groupama–FDJ) sailed into the maglia rosa as Ineos Grenadiers chose to give it away.
The German, who also won Stage 12, hauled a five-strong chase group into contention in the finale, joining the leading trio of Stefano Oldani (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Davide Ballerini (Soudal Quick-Step) and Tom Skujins (Trek–Segafredo) inside the last kilometre. With weary legs around him, Denz pushed on and took a tight victory ahead of Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech), who was denied again.
Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) will not line up in the leader’s pink jersey on Sunday’s four-star mountain stage, with Ineos allowing Armirail – who is not seen as a serious GC threat – to take the overall lead. Armirail started the day 18’37” down on Thomas in the general classification but took a huge chunk of time back after getting in the day’s breakaway.
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