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  "description": "Egan Bernal had a disappointing day on the first summit finish of the 2026 Giro d'Italia, finishing 21st atop the Blockhaus and dropping to 15th overall, three minutes down on top favourite Jonas Vingegaard. With teammate Thymen Arensman finishing 1:13 ahead of the Colombian, questions began to circulate about the hierarchy within Netcompany-Ineos.\n\n\"I think nothing's changed. I mean, of course, we can't hide the gap, this is clear, but we have to keep our belief high, it's only the first long c",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Egan Bernal had a disappointing day on the first summit finish of the 2026 Giro d'Italia, finishing 21st atop the Blockhaus and dropping to 15th overall, three minutes down on top favourite Jonas Vingegaard. With teammate Thymen Arensman finishing 1:13 ahead of the Colombian, questions began to circulate about the hierarchy within Netcompany-Ineos.\n\n\"I think nothing's changed. I mean, of course, we can't hide the gap, this is clear, but we have to keep our belief high, it's only the first long climb on this Giro,\" former rider-turned-sports director Leonardo Basso told Cyclingnews before stage 8. \"Every Giro stage can be a difficult one, you know, so it's just only the first step, and we have a lot of mountains ahead, so I will say nothing has changed after yesterday.\n\n\"Actually, we reviewed the stage last night, and I think the team was 10 of 10 because we were in the perfect position on the long downhill before and onto the bottom of Blockhaus, and that was our key point as a team. From there, I think the guys did their best, absolutely no doubt on this. Thymen was fighting, and Egan was fighting until the end. When Vingegaard attacked, of course, we were planning not to follow immediately, because he is the main favourite of the race. We followed our plan, and actually, we are satisfied with our performance; it's only the first step into this GC fight.\"\n\nThe next summit finish comes on Sunday's stage 9, then the crucial 42-kilometre ITT follows after Monday's rest day. The GC picture, and intra-team leadership dynamic, will look a lot clearer by mid-week.",
  "title": "'Nothing has changed' for Bernal despite losing time on Giro summit finish",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-17T19:30:18.286Z"
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