Giro d’Italia: Olav Kooij powers to stage 9 sprint victory as late Narváez attack is caught at last gasp
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Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) wins stage 9 in final chaotic sprint (Image credit: Getty Images)
Mirco Maestri (Polti Kometa) was awarded the most combative rider prize for stage 9(Image credit: Getty Images)
Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike) has a 21-second lead in the best young rider classification after stage 9(Image credit: Getty Images)
Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) remains the points leader after the first week of racing(Image credit: Getty Images)
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) has a commanding lead in the general classification before the first rest day(Image credit: Getty Images)
Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) celebrates his first Grand Tour victory(Image credit: Getty Images)
Laurence Pithie (Groupama FDJ) flatted in the hectic final 30km and crossed the line over six minutes back (Image credit: Getty Images)
Stage 9 winner Olav Kooij celebrates with his Visma-Lease a Bike teammate(Image credit: Getty Images)
Bike throw for Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) to win stage 9 in Naples(Image credit: Getty Images)
Jhonatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers) launched a late stage solo attack only to be caught in final metres(Image credit: Getty Images)
Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels) and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal QuickStep) working hard to stay away from the chasing peloton in the final 12km(Image credit: Getty Images)
Late race attack included Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ), Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal QuickStep), Mirco Maestri (Polti Kometa), Kevin Vermaerke (dsm-firmenich PostNL) and Andrea Pietrobon (Polti Kometa)(Image credit: Getty Images)