The Belgian debutant at the race, Alec Segaert made his move on s sweeping right-hand bend with 3.4km to go to win stage 12 in the Giro d’ltalia. He averaged more than 50kph, solo, to win by three seconds. The Bahrain-Victorious rider launched on the long approach to Novi Ligure and held off the reduced peloton after a tense final kilometre. Toon Aerts (Lotto Intermache) took second The stage had looked like a possible chance for the faster men, but Paul Magnier, Jonathan Milan, Dylan Groenewegen and several other sprints were all distanced once Movistar lit up the climbs for Orluis Aular. The victory was Saegaert’s fourth and his second this season. His other win in 2026 came at the Grand Prix de Denain, where he sprung a similarly opportune attack, that time with 2.2km remaining. “I saw this as a good moment on the parcours. I was really happy with how the race was going: a hard pace on the climb, and then the team-mates from the sprinters who were left had to ride hard. ...
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