Dutchman Olav Kooij came out on top in a sprint finish to win stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday, overtaking compatriot Casper van Uden before the line, with Mexico's Isaac del Toro keeping ...

Wout van Aert guided Olav Kooij perfectly into the final corner, setting up the Dutchman to finish it off with precision ahead of fellow countryman Casper van Uden from Picnic PostNL.

After Van Aert peeled off, Kooij jumped into the slipstream of Picnic-PostNL's Casper van Uden with the line in sight. The Visma sprinter then came around his fellow Dutchman to pip him on the ...

Kooij was helped by a superb lead-out from Visma-Lease A Bike team-mate Wout Van Aert, with Casper van Uden second over the line ahead of Britain's Ben Turner.

Casper van Uden and Ethan Hayter are 1:45 back, while Olav Kooij, Sam Bennett, Milan Fretin, and Matteo Moschetti are totally out of contention at 3:25 down.

"It's a shame people went into the road in the final," Picnic PostNL's Casper van Uden told TNT Sports post-stage. "I reckon if you like sport and you want to watch, you should watch, but running ...

LECCE, Italy (AP) — Casper van Uden won a bunch sprint at the end of the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday for the biggest victory of his career, while Mads Pedersen kept hold of ...