Giro dItalia Stage 14 Race Report: Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) soloed to victory on stage 14 of the Giro dItalia in Novo Gorica. The Dane was off the front for 180 kilometres with the break of the day before he rode solo to the finish on Saturday. Not far behind him, Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) brought in what was left of the peloton. Many of the GC rider lost time due to a crash in the wet conditions.Stage 14 finaleFrom Treviso, the fourteenth stage is on flat roads to Nova Goriza/Gorica, an Italian/Slovenian city. The final has a few short climbs, but another bunch sprint is expected.In the final there is the San Martino and Saver climbs in the finale. Although the last climb is of less than 800 metres at 6.4% will not be a problem for the fast-finishers. The sprint is slightly downhill.Can Mads Pedersen add another stage winMany teams were looking for success on the stage, especially now that the riders are starting to get tired. There was a fierce battle for the early break and a strong leading group of 11 managed to escape. Among them were break specialists Taco van der Hoorn and Kasper Asgreen. There was also Wout van Aert, who seemed to be there by mistake. Also there was Quinten Hermans, Fabio Van den Bossche, Stan Dewulf, Dries De Bondt, Josef Cerny and Luke Lamperti.Another good bet was Casper Van UdenThe peloton didn’t like the look of this group and 10 kilometres later they…
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