Johannes Adamietz (Lotto Dstny) prevailed from a small breakaway on stage four of the Tour of Slovakia, beating Corratec-Vini Fantini's Kyrylo Tsarenko and Pierre Thierry (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) on a punchy stage to Ruzomberok.
Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) assumed the race lead from teammate Anders Foldager, and leads the Tour of Slovakia by two seconds ahead of Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quickstep) with Foldager dropping to third at 22 seconds.
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Puck Pieterse sprints to Mountain Bike XCC World Series victory as Tom Pidcock is denied by Mathis Azzaro at Nové Město Na Moravě
‘It’s hard coming back to mountain bike from some time away’ says Pidcock, who chased from back of the field -
Mixed feelings for Mireia Benito after bold solo move falls short but earns second place on Vuelta a Burgos Féminas stage 3
Spanish time trial champion gains confidence from solo 21km attack around Medina de Pomar -
'It's super important for me and our team' - Pressure builds on winless Jonathan Milan as sprinters set eyes on next Giro d'Italia sprint in Milan
Second last chance for a bunch sprint on Sunday's flat stage before final stage in Rome -
'There's no point in thinking of beating Jonas' - GC contenders fight the clock and each other after Vingegaard takes control of Giro d'Italia
'It was a really hard day on the legs' says Derek Gee-West, capturing feeling of the defeated riders
