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Monday 7 May 2018

Viviani wins

3rd stage DAY

as Giro bids

farewell

to Israel JOB

By ARON HELLER
Associated Press
EILAT, Israel (AP) — Elia
Viviani won the third stage
of the 101st Giro d'Italia
on Sunday for his second
bunch sprint finish victory in
as many days as the Grand
Tour race bid farewell to its
historic start in Israel.
The Italian finished the
lengthy 229-kilometer (143-
mile) route through Israel's
Negev desert down to its
southern tip of Eilat along
the Red Sea in just over five
hours. Viviani edged Italian
countryman Sacha Mo-
dolo at the finish line and
pumped his fist in triumph
in a near repeat of his
sprint victory on Saturday
in Tel Aviv.
"The pressure was off after
yesterday's win," Viviani
said.
"But the final straight was
good for me."
The repeat victory helped
solidify his reputation as
one of the world's top
sprinters.
"To be honest I always
raced without thinking
about my competitors,"
said Viviani, who won a
track gold medal at the
2016 Olympics and rides for
Quick-Step Floors.
"I've got the best lead-out
team for the sprints so I
don't really care who I am
up against."
Australian Rohan Dennis
kept the pink jersey that
he wrestled away from
defending champion Tom Jason Day wins Wells Fargo by two strokes
Dumoulin on Saturday.
The Dutchman remained
in second place overall
as Jose Goncalves moved
into third.
Jason Day reacts after playing partner Nick Watney's birdie putt on 18 at the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Quail
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