'It’s now been three months since I was last at home' - Nico Denz powers to solo victory on stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia to make hard work worthwhile

German salvages race for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe in Cesano Maderno after team lost Primož Roglič to injury on stage 16

Nico Denz
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Nico Denz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) soloed to victory on stage 18 of the Giro d’Italia after attacking from a reduced group on the finishing circuit in Cesano Maderno.

The 31-year-old German rider, a former two-time stage winner at the Giro, took Red Bull’s first victory of the race after distancing a group containing Dylan van Baarle (Visma-Lease a Bike) and America’s Larry Warbasse (Tudor Pro Cycling), among others, in the closing kilometres.

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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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