Slovakian Peter Sagan received a mass bunch dash on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia at Foligno on Monday as Colombian Egan Bernal held on to the general chief’s pink jersey.
Sagan’s Bora-hansgrohe workforce dominated the ultimate 50km of the 140km race setting a scorching tempo to drop Sagan’s rivals earlier than the finale, the place the 31-year-old cruised forward of the diminished subject for the win.
Bernal’s fellow countryman Fernando Gaviria was in second place with Italian Davide Cimolai in third.
After embarking from the scene of Italy’s lethal 2009 earthquake at L’Aquila a nervy fast-paced race noticed solely the slightest of adjustments within the general standings thanks to second-placed Remco Evenepoel bursting out of the peloton to contest an intermediate dash.
But as the cautious pink jersey wearer Bernal adopted him over the road with stunning ease Deceuninck-Quick Step Evenepoel earned only a single second.
The 2019 Tour de France champion Bernal now leads the general race standings by 14 seconds from the 21-year-old Belgian rookie forward of Tuesday’s relaxation day with all the highest 10 nonetheless inside 61 seconds.
The peloton’s highest paid rider Peter Sagan, who reportedly earns 5.5 million euros ($6.68 million) a yr, received a stage of the Giro on his first look right here in 2020 and stated he’ll goal the dash factors jersey after his second win.
“We didn’t drop everybody, however thanks to my workforce the strain from different groups was much less,” Sagan said.
“I’ll take it day by day but I’ll try my best. I had good legs and good speed so we’ll see,” stated the seven-time Tour de France dash factors winner.
Tuesday is a relaxation day, however on Wednesday a last 35km part of white grime roads that characteristic on the Strade Bianche in the future traditional will present the scene for a possible shake up.
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