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Dani Ostanek

Giro d'Italia: Late solo attack lands Alec Segaert surprise victory on stage 12

Alec Segaert Afonso Eulálio Giro Movistar TT Dylan Groenewegen Enric Mas Jonathan Milan Jonathan Milan Lidl Manuele Tarozzi
NOVI LIGURE, ITALY - MAY 21: Alec Segaert of Belgium and Team Bahrain - Victorious celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 109th Giro d'Italia 2026, Stage 12 a 175km stage from Imperia to Novi Ligure / #UCIWT / on May 21, 2026 in Novi Ligure, Italy. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

Alec Segaert (Bahrain Victorious) surged to a solo victory on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, the Belgian time trial specialist bursting clear from the peloton 3.5km from the line to score the biggest win of his career in Novi Ligure.

The 23-year-old Segaert held off a reduced peloton to take the first Grand Tour victory of his career, using his time trial ability to his advantage as teams struggled to organise the chase in the final kilometres.

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