Giro d’Italia: Georg Steinhauser solos to victory on Passo Brocon

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Following two successive mountain stages which saw Tadej Pogačar deny the breakaway a famous victory, it was Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost) who took the glory on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia at another summit finish, the Passo Brocon.

The German, riding his debut Grand Tour and having placed third on stage 15, was part of the day’s early breakaway, a move caught on the Passo Gobbera 61km from the finish, before striking out again a few kilometres later and then leaving breakmate Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Lidl-Trek) behind 34km from the finish, midway up the first ascent of the Brocon.