Kaden Groves wins crash-marred Giro d’Italia stage 6 in Naples

Australian comes out on top in bunch sprint after chaotic day in Italy

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Kaden Groves won a crash-marred stage six of the Giro d’Italia in Naples as a protest disrupted the finish and reduced bunch sprint.

The Australian launched an unanswerable sprint for the line to take his first win of the season after Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) ran out of gas in his bid for victory. Milan Fretin (Cofidis) took second, with Soudal Quick-Step’s Paul Magnier grabbing third on the line.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.

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