It was supposed to be a containable stage – one where the GC would let a break go and wait for the climbs to spring into action. Oh, but this Giro keeps the surprises coming. A break wasn’t allowed to go until well over 100km had been ridden (in two hours!) and the fast pace never slowed. By the time the peloton negotiated the hairpins on the Selvino descent and came careering into Bergamo, with its cobbley twists and turns, there was a small leading group from which Bob Jungels sprinted to his first GT stage win. Tom Dumoulin stays in pink.
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