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Greipel Takes Another Giro Stage Win

Last updated : 13 May 2016 By CNS Sport

Lotto Soudal's Andre Greipel took the win on stage seven of the 99th Giro D'Italia.

What was on paper a sprinters’ stage on a 211km stage from Sulmona to Follgno, was in reality a highly demanding one. 

Early on, yesterday's stage winner Tim Wellens took the lead in the King of the Mountains competition from Damiano Cunego. Then swashbuckling breakaway rider Stefan Küng made off alone and led the race for thirty of the final 35 km.

Marcel Kittel (Etixx - Quick-Step) had a puncture 7 km from the finish and was unable to participate in the sprint, leaving Greipel to claim the victory in 5.01.08 ahead of Giacomo Nizzolo of Trek-Segafredo and Sacha Modolo of Lampre - Merida.

Tom Dumoulin of Giant Alpecin continues to lead the race with a 26 second margin over Jacob Fuglsang of Astana.

FINAL RESULT
1 - André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) - 211km in 5h01'08", average speed 42.041km/h
2 - Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek - Segafredo) s.t.
3 - Sacha Modolo (Lampre - Merida) s.t.

JERSEYS

  • Maglia Rosa (pink), General Classification, sponsored by Enel - Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant - Alpecin)
  • Maglia Rossa (red), Sprint Classification, sponsored by Algida - André Greipel (Lotto Soudal)
  • Maglia Azzurra (blue), Mountains Classification, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum - Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal)
  • Maglia Bianca (white), Young Rider Classification, sponsored by Eurospin - Bob Jungels (Etixx - Quick-Step)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 - Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant - Alpecin)
2 - Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) at 26"
3 - Ilnur Zakarin (Team Katusha) at 28"

STATISTICS

  • 30th stage win for Germany at the Giro d’Italia. German riders have already won a record four stages in one edition of the Corsa Rosa
  • Three consecutive stage wins for Lotto Soudal. The Belgian squad is the first to do so since Movistar who won stages 15 to 17 in 2013
  • Four German wins in seven stages: apart from Italy (most recently, four wins out of seven in 2008 and 2009), the last time a country achieved this level of domination was Belgium in 1978 (three stage wins by Rik Van Linden and one by Johan de Muynck)