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Carapaz shakes off early crash to keep Giro lead in Stage 15 HEALTH

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just 4.3%. Requiring about
an hour of climbing, it was Oranjestad
still a challenge and when Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
Ciccone attacked with Tel. 527 4000
18.8 kilometers (12 miles) San Nicolas
to go, his breakaway com-
panions had no answer. Imsan 24 hours
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second, 1:31 behind, and PHARMACY ON DUTY
Antonio Pedrero was third,
2:19 behind. Oranjestad:
Carapaz crossed nearly Santa Anna Tel. 586 8181
San Nicolas:
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because it was the steep- Dental Clinic 587 9850
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Ciccone said. Women in Difficulties
After the race’s final rest EMERGENCY
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Sta. Cruz
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along the 202-kilometer San Nicolas 584 5000
(126-mile) leg from Salo to Police Tipline 11141
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Italian cyclist Giulio Ciccone crosses the finish line to win the 15th stage of the Giro D’Italia cycling stage is dedicated to the Fire Dept. 115
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The race ends next Sunday
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Carapaz shook off an early in the finale. As is his tradi- Ciccone, who rides for Women in Difficulties
crash to hold onto the Giro tion, Ciccone — who wore the Trek-Segafredo team, TRAVEL INFO
d’Italia overall lead during the yellow jersey for two clocked 4 hours, 37 min-
his first day wearing the stages during the 2019 Tour utes over the 178-kilometer Aruba Airport 524 2424
pink jersey. de France — threw his sun- (111-mile) leg from Rivarolo American Airlines 582 2700
Italian rider Giulio Ciccone glasses into the crowd just Canavese to Cogne in the Avianca 588 0059
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away then launched a line. region. Women in Difficulties
solo attack on the finishing “This is my most beautiful The final climb to Cogne AID FOUNDATIONS
climb to win the 15th stage win. It’s better than the yel- was a lengthy 22.2 kilome-
on Sunday. low jersey at the Tour de ters (14 miles) but was steep FAVI- Visually Impaired
Carapaz, the Ecuadorian France, better than my first only at the start and had Tel. 582 5051
who took the lead a day wins at the Giro because I an average gradient of Alcoholics Anonymous
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crash early on when he Quota Club Tel. 525 2672
fell off of his bike onto the Women in Difficulties
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Carapaz said there was Phone Directory Tel. 118
“no consequence at all”
from the crash.
“I just had to change
bikes,” he said. “Then it
went smoothly. The sce-
nario of the race was pret-
ty good. The first part was
hard. Then we had it under
control.”
For his third career Giro
victory after also winning
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