Chad Haga the unexpected winner of stage 21 time trial as underdog Richard Carapaz claims overall Giro d'Italia 2019 victory

Carapaz claims his first Grand Tour, with Vincenzo Nibali in second place overall

Richard Carapaz wins Giro d'Italia 2019 (Luk Benies/AFP/Getty Images)

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Chad Haga was the unlikely winner of his first ever Grand Tour stage win with victory in the final stage 21 time trial of the Giro d'Italia 2019.

The American had gone under the radar of most people's pre-stage predictions, just as Richard Carapaz (Movistar) had done in pre-race discussions of who would win the general classification, with the Ecuadorian surviving the stage to take both his and his country's first ever Grand Tour victory.

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