Lennard Kamna climbs onto the list of Giro d’Italia contenders

BRENTONICO SAN VALENTINO ITALY APRIL 19 Lennard Kmna of Germany and Team BORAHansgrohe attacks in the breakaway to win during the 46th Tour of the Alps 2023 Stage 3 a 1625km stage from Ritten to Brentonico San Valentino 1321m on April 19 2023 in Brentonico San Valentino Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Lennard Kämna of Bora-Hansgrohe attacks in the breakaway to win stage 3 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

The Tour of the Alps always indicates the riders to watch for the Giro d'Italia and Lennard Kämna added his name to the growing list of overall contenders for this year’s Corsa Rosa with his win on stage 3 atop the Passo San Valentina.

After some impressive work by Bora-Hansgrohe on the front of the peloton in the first half of the climb, Kämna jumped away alone in pursuit of victory. He had the strength to crack Jefferson Cepeda (EF Education-EasyPost) and to hold off Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) as he led the small group of overall contenders.  

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