
Nicolò Garibbo delivered a major surprise to outpower two Soudal-QuickStep rivals on the hilly stage 1 of the newly revived Giro di Sardegna, and claim a major win for Continental squad UKYO against his WorldTour rivals.
In a drawn-out four-way sprint in Bosa, Garibbo narrowly defeated former Italian Champion Filippo Zana, with Urko Berrade (Kern Pharma) completing the day's podium ahead of Zana's Soudal teammate Gianmarco Garofoli in fourth.