Classic stage after rest day madness! Giulio Ciccone (Bardiani-CSF) took a joyful solo victory atop Sestola with Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff) and BMC’s Darwin Atapuma completing the podium. Movistar sent Andrey Amador on a snatch-and-grab mission. Heroic defence by Etixx-Quick Step kept the maglia rosa in the team and onto shoulders of Bob Jungels. The BIG news of the day was Mikel Landa (Sky) abandoning the race through illness.
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