May 17/17 17:38 pm - Giro d'Italia: Stage 11
Posted by Editoress on 05/17/17
Spain's Omar Fraile (Team Dimension Data) was the man of the day in the Bartali stage from Florence to Bagno di Romagna as he attacked from far out with his compatriot Mikel Landa (Team Sky) and again with Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team) to eventually outsprint the Frenchman, former world champion Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) and the 2016 Abu Dhabi Tour winner Tanel Kangert (Astana Pro Cycling).
Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) retained the Maglia Rosa with the same margin from Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) the day after the Dutchman's time trial domination. Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain - Merida) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) attacked on the last climb, but with no major success.
Omar Fraile said: “I had marked this stage for a long time. In the past few days, I was thinking of today. When we rode away with Mikel Landa, I thought it was crazy. As we got caught, I took the right rhythm. Later with [Pierre] Rolland, I knew via the radio that Rui Costa was coming across and that he’d pay for his effort. I was in the right wheel for the sprint and I was confident in my speed to win the stage.”
The Maglia Rosa Tom Dumoulin said: “The stage went like we expected. It was hard with a lot of fights on the first climb to get in the break, but we never stressed. With Laurens [ten Dam] in the front, I felt protected. The gap I have on GC gives more room to play with. My adversaries are the ones who have to make up a lot of time on me in the mountains, so the pressure is on them, not on me. I don’t know all the climbs, I know the Mortirolo and the Stelvio since I had a training camp in Livigno in 2015, but we have the climbs on video and I’m not scared.”
Michael Woods (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team) was top Canadian in 53rd at 4:27 back. Woods is still top Canadian in GC, 24th at 18:46 back.
Results from stage 11 in Italy
| Stage 11: Firenze to Bagno di Romagna, 161 km | |
| 1 Omar Fraile (Esp) Dimension Data | 4:23:14 |
| 2 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 3 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | |
| 4 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | |
| 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 6 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 7 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 8 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 9 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:03 |
| 10 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 11 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | |
| 12 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | all s.t. |
| 13 Ruben Plaza (Esp) Orica-Scott | 1:37 |
| 14 Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) FDJ | |
| 15 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 16 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 17 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 18 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 19 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 20 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 53 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | 4:27 |
| 151 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 25:58 |
| GC | |
| 1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | 47:22:07 |
| 2 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | at 2:23 |
| 3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 2:38 |
| 4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | 2:40 |
| 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 2:47 |
| 6 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | 3:05 |
| 7 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | 3:56 |
| 8 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 3:59 |
| 9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 4:05 |
| 10 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | 4:17 |
| 11 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 5:19 |
| 12 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 6:07 |
| 13 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | 6:19 |
| 14 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | 6:21 |
| 15 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 6:29 |
| 16 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | 6:58 |
| 17 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 7:22 |
| 18 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | 7:39 |
| 19 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 8:12 |
| 20 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 13:23 |
| 24 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team | 18:46 |
| 153 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 1:48:48 |
| Return to Canadian Cyclist homepage | Back to Top |
