The Giro, my favourite tour of the year is only 2 weeks....

[Gen]

Almost 52 km/h avi snelheid for the first hour

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['Dale]

70 kms in

No break established

 

Wait... there's a move, let's see whether it sticks.

['Dale]

Another move off the front now and Vegard Stake Laengen (IAM), Liam Bertazzo (Wilier Triestina-Southeast), and - once again - Anton Vorobyev (Katusha) have opened up a gap.

['Dale]

It looks very much like this is our break. The trio have quickly accumulated a lead of 1:30.

['Dale]

As the Giro roadblock tells us, today's stage takes in no fewer than seven Italian provinces: Modena, Bologna, Ferrara, Rovigo, Padua, Vicenza, and Treviso.

['Dale]

We're heading further north today, with the finishing town of Asolo situated just below the Dolomites. It has plenty of cycling heritage, too, with the headquarters of Selle Italia and Sidi both

['Dale]

Bob Jungels is the new leader of the race today, and his bike has been duly fitted out with pink customisations to go with his maglia rosa.

['Dale]

The peloton can finally knock it off. Everyone's happy with the composition of this break and the gap quickly goes out to over five minutes. And breathe...

['Dale]

8 mins to the break

Sunny day, Mild working conditions for the PROs

[Pure Savage]

Sad to see Tom Dumoulin abandon due to saddle sores :/ 

 

Needs some milking cream!

[BDF]

Sad to see Tom Dumoulin abandon due to saddle sores :/ 

 

Needs some milking cream!

He just needs a one day lesson from Rourke....

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[tombeej]

Awesome to see how Bob took it to the big names in those closing kilometres. Just went for it, and it paid off handsomely. Riding like an experienced old campaigner, taking control and stamping his authority on the race. Hard to believe he's just 23 years old. Well done, young man.

 

And with Alaphilippe doing his thing in California, the Quick Step stage racers are showing their Classics squad a thing or two about how to win races .