Gorka Izagirre matches his brother's record with Giro d'Italia stage win

Five years after his brother Ion secured a breakthrough stage win in the Giro d'Italia, Gorka Izagirre (Movistar Team) captured a landmark victory, his first in a Grand Tour, in the same race.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.