Lefevere: If no one else works in the Giro d'Italia sprints they will lose

The Etixx-Quick Step boss said that only his riders are working at the Giro d'Italia, and their hardwork is paying off

Etixx-Quick Step leading the peloton on stage three of the Giro d'Italia. Photo: Graham Watson

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Etixx-Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere says that he does not understand why rival teams are not doing more to try to win a sprint stage in the Giro d'Italia.

Lefevere’s star cyclist Marcel Kittel won the third stage today in the Dutch city of Arnhem ahead of Team Sky’s Elia Viviani by two bike lengths. He took enough bonus seconds to overpass Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) in the general classification and take the leader's pink jersey.

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