Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) won a close-fought sprint on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia into Viadana, benefitting from a powerful lead-out from Wout van Aert in the final kilometre.
Van Aert and Visma found themselves on the front under the flamme rouge, after a big surge by Edoardo Affini, but it looked as though it was too early. However, the Belgian continued to press on, giving Kooij the red carpet ride into a crucial final corner, before completing a last surge which kept his sprinter out of the wind.
