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Cimolai wins sprint, Quintana holds onto lead
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 27 - 03 - 2016

Italy's Davide Cimolai sprinted to victory on the sixth stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Saturday as Nairo Quintana stayed in the leader's jersey after the 197km route from Sant Joan Despi.
Lampre-Merida rider Cimolai claimed the sprint after Cameron Mayer was caught and passed with the finish light in sight after the peloton led a frenetic chase to reel in the day's standout breakaway.
Colombian Quintana finished in the pack to remain seven seconds clear of Alberto Contador with defending champion Richie Porte in third at 17sec.
The race concludes Sunday with a hilly 136km circuit around Barcelona's Montjuic area, the site of the 1992 Olympic Games.
Cyclist suffers heart attack
Belgian rider Daan Myngheer has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack on the Criterium International race in Corsica, organizers confirmed Saturday.
The 22-year-old Roubaix ML rider pulled up in difficulty some 30km from the line in the first stage of the race at Porto-Vecchio.
Myngheer got into an ambulance but suffered a heart attack and had to receive immediate emergency treatment, before being transferred by helicopter to hospital in Ajaccio.
The Belgian turned professional last year with the Verandas Willems team before joining Roubaix Métropole Lille this season.
Cyclist rescued by fan
Eritrea's Mekseb Debesay will not forget his first World Tour race after getting lost on Belgium's back roads and being rescued by a good Samaritan who offered him food and a shower.
Debesay, who rides for African-based Dimension Data, got lost while riding the 206km E3 Harelbeke, the first cobblestone classic of the year, finally arriving back at the team hotel 15 hours after setting out and covering 240km.
"It's an amazing story," team sports director Pierre Heynderickx was quoted in Het Nieuwsblad newspaper.
"He fell behind a small group that decided to take back roads to Harelbeke around 20 kilometers from the finish.
"Debesay was afraid of becoming lost and decided to follow the course arrows to get to the finish. Unfortunately, he wandered from the correct path."
When Debesay, 24, looked down at his bicycle computer and saw 206km he realized he was in trouble and asked a member of the public how to get to the finish.
"That man suggested that they should go together to his home in Lierde," Heynderickx, who called the police to find out if there had been any news of Debesay, added.
"He let him take a shower, gave him fresh clothes and offered food to our hungry rider...
"No one had any idea where he was. Then, suddenly, we received a phone call."
The race was won by Team Sky's Michal Kwiatkowski.


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