The Bora drivers Lennard Kämna and Ben Zwiehoff also looked for their chance in attacks. However, the favorite teams didn’t allow much and kept up the pace – the most prominent victim was Juan Pedro Lopez, the Spaniard from Team Trek-Segafredo had to be torn down early and lost the pink jersey after ten days.
Next top driver is eliminated
Previously, the 105th Giro d’Italia had lost the next top rider. Tom Dumoulin (31) from Team Jumbo-Visma, who won the second largest national tour of professional cyclists in 2017, gave up during the stage. The Dutchman had already fallen far behind in the overall classification in the first Giro week on Mount Etna, on Saturday he got into trouble early on on the way to Turin and got out.
According to his own statements, the French co-favorite Romain Bardet (DSM) was also the day before “unable” to continue. Bardet, winner of three stages in the Tour de France, was already ill on the twelfth stage on Thursday. The 31-year-old was only 14 seconds behind the pink jersey when he left.