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Bilbao wins first stage

April 17, 2018

MILAN: Spaniard Pello Bilbao won the first stage of the Tour of the Alps on Monday with Britain’s Chris Froome in fifth as he competes despite an ongoing doping probe. Bilbao clocked 3hr 26min 41sec over the 134km stage, attacking with five kilometres to go on the final climb, to hold off his Astana teammate Luis Leon Sanchez and 20-year-old Colombian Ivan Sosa third, both six seconds behind.