Olav Kooij sprinted to victory on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia after a sterling leadout from Wout van Aert in the final kilometre.
After Van Aert peeled off, Kooij jumped into the slipstream of Picnic-PostNL’s Casper van Uden with the finish in sight. The Visma sprinter then came around his fellow Dutchman to pip him on the line, holding off a late charge from Ben Turner and Mads Pedersen in the process. Van Uden, the winner of stage four in Lecce, held on for second ahead of Turner.
Meanwhile, Isaac del Toro finished safely within the main field to defend his lead in the general classification. The Mexican extended his advantage on his teammate, Juan Ayuso, in second place after snatching two bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint.
