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'This is a huge disappointment' - Christophe Laporte shifts focus from Tour de France to 'full recovery' from quadriceps tear in training crash
Frenchman to miss home Grand Tour for second consecutive year due to health issues -
'A real badass climb' - Local star Giulio Ciccone predicts major gaps in Giro d'Italia's first major summit finish at Blockhaus
Lidl-Trek racer from Abruzzo region has tackled ascent on multiple occasions -
'Blockhaus is a climb where you cannot hide' – Jonas Vingegaard stays ominously calm as first 'real' mountaintop finish at Giro d'Italia looms large
Visma-Lease a Bike DS says 'it's a stage where we want to make a difference' but doesn't expect to pull back 6:22 and snatch pink from Eulálio
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'No objectives and no limits' - Bahrain Victorious aim to keep their Giro d'Italia leader Afonso Eulálio free from any pressure
Team regroup around defence of unexpected pink jersey after losing pre-race GC contender Santiago Buitrago to crash -
'I really don't get it' - Jonathan Milan slams choice of Giro d'Italia run-in to Naples after crash disrupts final sprint
Milan, Magnier held up as Groenewegen suffers another crash -
Giro d'Italia: Davide Ballerini avoids mass crash, speeds to stage 6 victory in Naples
Groenewegen, Milan fall, Magnier slams on brakes before sprinting to third
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As it happened : XDS-Astana reign in Naples after cobbles, late corners, crashes and chaos in high-speed sprint
The road to Napoli is never easy during the Giro d'Italia and proved to be the case once again -
Giro d'Italia abandons – Toll rises to 15 riders out as illness and crashes hit peloton
Tracking all the riders who have crashed out of or otherwise left this year's Giro -
Giro d'Italia GC standings – Overall favourites play it safe on dodgy Naples sprint stage
Afonso Eulálio continues in race lead
