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Diasabra 15 Mei 2021

Ewan wins Giro stage in sprint; Valter keeps overall lead

Friday.
Valter remained 11 seconds
Ewan, who rides for the Lotto ahead of Remco Evenepoel
Soudal team, closed a gap to overall and 16 seconds ahead
Fernando Gaviria with about of Egan Bernal.
100 meters remaining and
finished just ahead of Davide "To pass through the beauti-
Cimolai and Tim Merlier. ful cities of Italy with people
cheering for the pink jersey, I
Ewan, who also won Stage had to pinch myself to real-
5, took his fifth career win at ize that it was really me," said
the Giro and 50th overall in Valter, who claimed the lead a
his career. day earlier.

"I knew it would be a good The overall standings could
finish for me," he said. "Then be shaken up in Stage 8 on
it was a question of being Saturday, a 170-kilometer
smart and a lot of team work, (106-mile) leg from Foggia
too. ... It was a super hard to Sanframondi featuring one
finish and I had to go deep to second-category climb and
win. My legs were absolutely an uphill finish.
burning."
The Giro ends on May 30
Ewan took nearly five hours in Milan with an individual
over the mostly flat 181-ki- time trial.
(AP) — Australian cyclist second sprint victory in Valter kept the pink jersey lometer (112-mile) leg from
Caleb Ewan claimed his the Giro d'Italia and Attila after the seventh stage on Notaresco to Termoli.

Herta staying put: American signs extension with Andretti

(AP) — Colton Herta is less than three weeks after burg, and finished fifth in the "As far as young talent, it along his advice.
not going to drive in For- Herta earned his fourth ca- second race at Texas on May comes along every so of-
mula One or for Roger reer win, this one at St. Pe- 2. ten in IndyCar but not usu- "You don't do it (F1) unless
Penske or Chip Ganassi tersburg. Herta said the vic- ally like this," said Herta, the you're with a top team and
or anywhere but Andretti tory may have sped up ne- He's hoping momentum best young American in the Bryan understands that, too,"
Autosport for now. gotiations to keep one of the from the last race will trans- group. "There are five, six re- Andretti said. "Would he suc-
hottest free agent prospects late into more success dur- ally good drivers who could ceed in F1? No doubt. He's
The 21-year-old star signed off the market. ing IndyCar's biggest month, be here the next 15 years." got what it takes to do it and
a two-year contract exten- including Saturday's Indy he's lived over there as well,
sion inside the Indianapolis It took only about two weeks GP. He could be one of the Herta could be one of them so he understands it."
Motor Speedway press box to complete the deal. favorites in the Indy 500 on though his successes at such
Friday, ending speculation he May 30. a young age have spurred talk For now, Herta seems to be
could move to Formula One Herta did acknowledge other he could be destined for F1, a pretty comfortable compet-
or another IndyCar team IndyCar teams were interest- Herta is one of the many series dominated by Europe- ing right where he's been all
next season. ed in meeting with him but young faces IndyCar hopes an drivers. He spent time in along.
his current deal didn't allow to build its future around. Europe as a teenager hoping
Losing Herta to another se- him to talk until later this to move through the ranks "I've always loved IndyCar
ries team would have put year. The list includes Mexico's but wound up coming back most," Herta said. "I think if
team owner Michael Andret- Pato O'Ward and Spain's Alex to the United States in 2017 it would take a pretty good
ti in an awkward position. "I don't really handle the con- Palou, who are second and and has been in the IndyCar Formula One offer to draw
Andretti competed with and tract stuff, my dad does that, third in the standings, rookie ladder system since. me away from IndyCar be-
against Herta's father, Bryan, but it's nice to know you're Scott McLaughlin of New cause that's all I've known
for years and the two became going to be in the same seat Zealand and Rinus Veekay of Andretti struggled in his one and all I've enjoyed. So I'm
good friends and longtime and with the same team for 2 the Netherlands. and only F1 season in 1993 going to focus on IndyCar."
racing team partners. 1/2 years," Herta said. "I think and isn't shy about passing
getting it done early may take
"If he got a good offer from the pressure off some people
Formula One, I could see but I'm not one of those peo-
that. But I was more worried ple. The goals are the same
about another IndyCar team — to win the (Indianapolis)
coming to get him," Andretti 500 and the championship."
said. "I've known him since
he was born. so it would have Herta already has an impres-
sucked if he went to Penske sive resume.
or Ganassi and we were rac-
ing against him." In 2019, he became the
youngest winner in Indy-
Now it's not something An- Car Series history when he
dretti needs to contemplate. won in his third career start
just shy of his 19th birthday.
Herta will continue driv- Now in his third season, he's
ing the No. 26 Honda with a championship contender.
Gainbridge as the primary
sponsor for 2 1/2 more sea- Herta has qualified in the top
sons, too. 10 in all four of this season's
races, won the pole and led
The announcement comes all but three laps at St. Peters-