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  "description": "Jonas Vingegaard may be the heavy favorite for the Giro d'Italia, but the Visma-Lease a Bike leader was sufficiently deferential to the rest of the field in a pre-race media appearance in Bulgaria, unwilling to agree with an interviewer who suggested that he was the \"only favorite in the race.\"\n\n\"There's a lot of other strong guys here that also have a chance, so I don't think that quote is correct,\" he said on Thursday.\n\nHe also characterized this Giro as one that has challenges sprinkled throu",
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  "textContent": "Jonas Vingegaard may be the heavy favorite for the Giro d'Italia, but the Visma-Lease a Bike leader was sufficiently deferential to the rest of the field in a pre-race media appearance in Bulgaria, unwilling to agree with an interviewer who suggested that he was the \"only favorite in the race.\"\n\n\"There's a lot of other strong guys here that also have a chance, so I don't think that quote is correct,\" he said on Thursday.\n\nHe also characterized this Giro as one that has challenges sprinkled throughout, saying, \"There's a lot of hard stages here, already a little bit here in Bulgaria, but then there's a lot of hard stages to come throughout the Giro so you have to be focused every day.\"",
  "title": "Vingegaard says he is not the 'only favorite' in the Giro",
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