Overview
- Jonas Vingegaard kept the maglia rosa after the Dolomites queen stage on Friday and now leads the general classification by about four minutes and three seconds.
- Sepp Kuss rode clear from the break to solo to victory on the 151 km stage on Friday and by doing so completed a Grand Tour stage win trilogy for his career.
- Paul Magnier took his third Giro stage win in Thursday’s bunch sprint and reclaimed the points (ciclamino) lead, a gap widened when Jhonatan Narvaez abandoned the race after a post-stage transfer crash.
- Jai Hindley moved up to third overall after finishing strongly on the queen stage, displacing Thymen Arensman and tightening the fight for the remaining podium spots.
- Only Saturday’s 200 km stage to Piancavallo with two big climbs is expected to offer a real chance to reshuffle the top places before Sunday’s largely processional finish in Rome.