Nans Peters powers alone to victory on stage 17 of Giro d’Italia 2019

The Frenchman went solo inside 20km and would not be denied success

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Nans Peters unleashed a daring early solo attack to take victory on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia.

The Frenchman redeemed a shocking Italian Grand Tour for his Ag2r La Mondiale team, who had been largely anonymous and lost their leader Tony Gallopin the previous day.

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