Jai Hindley takes Stelvio stage ahead of Geoghegan Hart at Giro as Kelderman moves into race lead; Dan Martin wins Stage 3 of the Vuelta; Motorist arrested for death of cyclist after police review of "shambles" of a case; Headless cyclist + more

The new race leader Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb) said: "The hardest stage of my life. We had a goal and we achieved it. Wearing the Maglia Rosa is a dream after so many difficult years. I'm really happy to be leading the GC."

Stage winner Jai Hindley (also Sunweb) said: “Winning here is such an incredible feeling. It's a big step forward in my career and a double success for the team with Wilco Kelderman now wearing the Maglia Rosa. The tactics were perfect for our team today.”

Jai Hindley (Sunweb) won the sprint (bet they were delighted about having to do that) ahead of Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers).

Hindley's team-mate Wilco Kelderman was dropped by those two, but minimised the damage sufficiently that he's into the race lead.

The top three are now separated by just 15 seconds.

After what felt like about 25 minutes, Team Sunweb's Jai Hindley finally managed to get his second arm into his jacket.

It was far more exciting than it sounds.

He was a whisker away from crashing at one point.

The BBC reports that a motorist has been arrested on suspicion of killing cyclist Sze-Ming Cheung in Swannington, Norfolk, on June 7, 2018.

The arrest comes after Norfolk Police reviewed the case.

In July, we reported that no charges were brought after the head-on crash for which the driver was more than two times over the legal alcohol limit.

Speaking at the time, Cheung's family issued a statement in which they described the case as a “shambles” and said that Norfolk Constabulary had “handled it very poorly.”

Alistair and Jonny Brownlee are among the investors in HUUB’s Crowdcube campaign.

Primarily a triathlon brand, the Derby firm is looking to expand, having seen cycling sales climb by 681% this year.

The firm’s aim is to raise at least £250,000.

Jonny Brownlee commented: “Working with HUUB has always been born out of a genuine love for their products and their approach to innovation, and so it was an easy to decision to take the opportunity to invest in the business at this exciting stage in their growth.”

Sounds like there's a battle to get in the break.

Could be a loooong day for some.

📢The peloton is strung out with many riders already dropped. Follow live 👉 https://t.co/TlBPO3lAsS

📢Ritmo alto da subito, diversi corridori sono già attardati. Segui il live 👉 https://t.co/mKk45RbViY#Giro pic.twitter.com/OAiTLkddBy

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) October 22, 2020

The story in numbers.

It's been a savage start to @giroditalia Stage 18. Here were @TrekSegafredo rider @vincenzonibali's uphill first 7.5km ⚡️

Time: 18’12”
Avg speed: 23.2km/h
Avg power: 370w
Power-to-weight: 5.69w/kg
Red Zone: 23%

Follow live power in our Race Centre 👇
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🇮🇹 #Giro #Giro2020

— Velon CC (@VelonCC) October 22, 2020

The Stelvio: 24.5km long at an average gradient of 7.4% with 48 hairpins, taking you up over 1,800m to a height of 2,758m.

What's it like to go up? And come down?

Background to the video here.

Meanwhile here's 13 useful and not so useful observations on riding Europe's second-highest road pass from Tony.

The Vuelta's managed to serve up as much general classification action in two days as the Giro has in two weeks.

Now there's a summit finish.

🔥 Etapa 3 | Stage 3 🔥

🚩 Lodosa
🏁 La Laguna Negra - Vinuesa
⏰ 13:15 CEST > 17:18 CEST
📏 166,1 km

💚 Vinuesa
⛰️ 1x1️⃣cat. — 1x3️⃣ cat.

+ info ➡️ https://t.co/EazatVWPAl#LaVuelta20 x @relivecc pic.twitter.com/5ccKq8hjXg

— La Vuelta (@lavuelta) October 22, 2020

It was actually a big day yesterday - over 5,000m of climbing - but it didn't translate into significant changes in the general classification.

Throwing the Stelvio at them today might change that.

🇮🇹 Giro d'Italia 2020
🗓️ 22/10/2020
🚴‍♂️ Stage 18 | Pinzolo - Laghi di Cancano (Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio)
📏 207 km
2⃣ GPM 1 cat
1⃣ GPM 2 cat
⛰️ Cima Coppi
⏰ 10:15 AM (CET)
🏁 ~4:30 PM (CET)
✒️ Live: https://t.co/3RV3dXR0s3
#️⃣ #Giro

Powered by @ENIT_italia pic.twitter.com/Ctuakej3jo

— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) October 22, 2020

It is not going to be warm at the top. Don't envy them descending from it one bit.

It's a crucial day because Stage 20 has had the French bit of the route - the bit with the Col d'Agnello and Col d'Izoard - excised from it, so that's not really the stage it was.

The change is as a result of Covid-19 restrictions.