Overview
- Jonas Vingegaard, who won Sunday’s summit finish to Corno alle Scale, cut Afonso Eulálio’s overall lead to 2 minutes 24 seconds heading into Monday’s rest day.
- Felix Gall finished 12 seconds back in second and now trails Vingegaard by 35 seconds in the general classification, with Visma teammate Davide Piganzoli third on the stage.
- Eulálio placed fifth to keep the maglia rosa, the pink jersey for the race leader, after limiting his losses on the final climb.
- The race faces a flat 42km individual time trial from Viareggio to Massa on Tuesday, a solo race against the clock that many expect to shake up the top positions.
- The opening week also featured Vingegaard’s stage 7 win on Blockhaus and a second victory for UAE’s Jhonatan Narváez on stage 8 as his team regrouped after early crash losses.