{"id":450212,"date":"2026-02-28T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450212\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:48:13","slug":"giro-di-sardegna-dusan-rajovic-wins-stage-3-thanks-to-bike-throw-in-tight-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450212\/","title":{"rendered":"Giro di Sardegna: Du\u0161an Rajovi\u0107 wins stage 3 thanks to bike throw in tight sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Du\u0161an Rajovi\u0107 (Solution Tech NIPPO Rali) claimed victory on stage 3 of the Giro di Sardegna<\/a>, pipping the previous day’s winner, Davide Donati (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Rookies) to the line after a photo finish.<\/p>\n

Donati hit the front in Tortoli after great work from his team and latching onto the Polti-VisitMalta lead-out, but Rajovi\u0107 was coming with a lot of speed from behind and had enough in the legs to beat the Italian, thanks to his bike throw.<\/p>\n

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Manuel Pe\u00f1alver (Polti-VisitMalta) finished third on the stage, as one of only two riders not from Italy in the top 10, the other being former Serbian champion Rajovi\u0107.<\/p>\n

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“It was a nice day for me, I can say, first of all, thanks to my team \u2013 they worked really well from the start to control things, and I’m super happy that I started the season with a win, especially in this special place,” said Rajovi\u0107.<\/p>\n

“This win is for my girlfriend, because I was out of my house a lot of the time these past two years, so I say thank you, and this victory is for her. This year the goal is to win more than last year, so we’ll see how it’s going to go.”<\/p>\n

Stage 1 winner, Nicol\u00f2 Garibbo (UKYO), maintained his lead in the general classification ahead of Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal-QuickStep), with the hardest stage to come tomorrow and two stages still to race.<\/p>\n

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