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Cycling: Bak to the fore in first stage win

 

Friday 18 May 2012 11:48 BST
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A view of the Giro d'Italia
A view of the Giro d'Italia (GETTY IMAGES)

Denmark's Lars Ytting Bak, of the Lotto-Belisol team, took his first win in a grand tour on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia yesterday, after breaking with 1.7km to go.

Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain and the Katusha team remained the overall leader.

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