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  "description": "It's been quite a Giro for up-and-comers, including Portuguese talent Eulálio, Visma-Lease a Bike pair Piganzoli and Rex, and even sprinter Magnier, who's stepped up at his second Grand Tour.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T14:03:40.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "crash on stage 2",
    "stage 5",
    "on Blockhaus",
    "stage 9 to Corno alle Scale",
    "by Vingegaard",
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  "textContent": "Kristof Ramon, Harry Talbot, Zac Williams, and Cor Vos\n\nGrand Tours might be the playground for the biggest and best names in cycling, but they are long enough and varied enough to hold space for unknowns to become known, even if they occupy the shadowy space on the edge of the spotlight held by stage winners and GC favourites. From unpredictable sprints to breakaways and long climbs, there’s always a handful of names that write themselves into the story by the end of the three-week races, especially the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España.\n\nThis May’s pilgrimage through Italy has been no different. In fact, though recency bias is often a factor, we may have been spoiled. Since the race began in Bulgaria, at least half a dozen riders have catapulted themselves into focus, and foremost among them is, appropriately, _maglia bianco_ winner Afonso Eulálio.\n\n## Afonso Eulálio: 'This Giro has changed my career, but it hasn't changed me'\n\nWith little doubt, the single biggest revelation of the entire race is the Portuguese 24-year-old who started his second Giro as a support rider for Santiago Buitrago. But after the Colombian fell victim to the race-influencing crash on stage 2, the whole team was given a much longer leash than they might have expected. Eulálio’s adventure began on stage 5, whose comedy finale – with crashes and wrong turns for Eulálio and eventual stage-winner Igor Arrieta – has paled in the weeks that have followed.\n\nAfter losing about three minutes to Jonas Vingegaard on Blockhaus, the first real sign of what was to come was on stage 9 to Corno alle Scale, the second summit finish, where Eulálio finished fifth, just 41 seconds after the Dane.\n\nEulálio digging deep on the Corno alle Scale at the end of stage 9, where he defied expectation to finish fifth.\n\n“Look, I never imagined that today I would arrive in the top five in the GC group of the favourites,” Eulálio said after stage 9 when asked about his limits, “it’s crazy for me, I don’t know what I can do.”\n\nAfter finishing second to Arrieta on day five, Eulálio spent over a week in the pink jersey, longer than anyone expected, and when he was finally shoved aside by Vingegaard, the 24-year-old only dropped one place to second overall before the final rest day. Eulálio then had a tough week in Swiss Alps and Dolomites of week three, but still, he never completely capitulated, and his hold on the white jersey appeared firm.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "White jersey-winner Eulálio leads long list of Giro revelations",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-31T14:07:00.179Z"
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