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  "description": "The Giro d'Italia sprint field shrunk on Tuesday as two high-profile fast-finishers dropped out of the race. Two-time Giro stage winner Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Giro debutant Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) both abandoned on stage 4 from Catanzaro to Cosenza.\n\nGroves was among those crashing heavily in the finale of stage 1, while De Lie has been suffering for several days after contracting gastroenteritis last week.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T14:51:46.000Z",
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  "textContent": "The Giro d'Italia sprint field shrunk on Tuesday as two high-profile fast-finishers dropped out of the race. Two-time Giro stage winner Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Giro debutant Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) both abandoned on stage 4 from Catanzaro to Cosenza.\n\nGroves was among those crashing heavily in the finale of stage 1, while De Lie has been suffering for several days after contracting gastroenteritis last week.",
  "title": "Fast finishers De Lie and Groves abandon the Giro d'Italia",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-12T14:51:47.435Z"
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