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After 15 days of pink, the top of Stelvio, the highest mountain in the Volta a Itália (2,758 meters), was stronger than João Almeida and took the lead from him. The Deceuninck runner couldn’t keep up and lost just 4 minutes on this decisive mountain. The Portuguese is now fifth placed at 2m16 behind Wilco Kelderman (Subweb) and also lost the white jersey to Australian Jai Hindley (Sunweb).
Kelderman, the new leader, also suffered on the penultimate mountain, remaining as a stalker in a group of three followed by his partner Hindley, who left him behind, and the British Tao Geogheghan Hart (Ineos), who discussed the victory among themselves. in step. The first to cut the target was Hindley, who is only 12 seconds behind the overall teammate.
Pello Bilbao, who was fifth at the start, took over the pursuit of the front duo in the final kilometers, leaving behind Kelderman, who ended up reaching 2m17 in fourth place. The Spanish is now fourth in the general.
João Almeida arrived standing on the bike, seventh, at 4:51, with Vincenzo Nibali.
Rúben Guerreiro was part of a breakout at the start, racking up more points so that the mountain jersey, encouraged by Giovani Visconti, who was the biggest competitor, had dropped out. He passed first in the field of Carlo Magno and second in the pass of Castrin, now adding 234 points, ahead of the Belgian Thomas de Gent, with 122.
General rating:
1. Wilco Kelderman (NED / SUN) 77h 46:56.
2. Jai Hindley (AUS / SUN) at 12.
3. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR / INE) 15.
4. Pello Bilbao (ESP / BAH) 1:19.
5. João Almeida (POR / DEC) 2:16.
6. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN / AST) 3:59.
7. Patrick Konrad (AUT / BOR) 5:40.
8. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA / TRE) 5:47.
9. Fausto Masnada (ITA / DEC) 6:46.
10.Hermann Pernsteiner (AUT / BAH) 7:23.
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