After a dominant time trial and commanding mountain-top stage win, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) holds a comfortable lead going into the last week of the 2017 Giro d’Italia.
However, it is far from over with Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and the other GC threats certain to throw everything at the Dutchman over the next few days in the mountains.
With all the flat stages done, most of the sprinters are gone so have a look at the following gallery showing their last glory days as the 100th Giro d’Italia builds towards an exciting conclusion.
For our analysis of stages 10 to 15 of the Giro d’Italia, click here. For further coverage of the 100th edition of the Giro, click here.
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- Stage 10 was a 39.8km individual time trial from Foligno to Montefalco, the first of two ITTs at the 2017 Giro.
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- Nairo Quintana started the day in pink after winning stage 9 to Blockhaus.
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- Former time trial world champion Vasil Kiryienka (Sky) took a tumble and lost some time.
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- He still managed to finish fifth.
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- Time-trialling is hard, as Luxembourg champion Bob Jungels (QuickStep Floors) demonstrates here.
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- Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) finished sixth, 2:07 off the pace.
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- Despite crashing a day earlier and dislocating his shoulder, Geraint Thomas (Sky) posted a strong time to finish second.
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- Victor Campenaerts earned himself a fine with this date request. More importantly, he reportedly got the date he was after.
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- The day belonged to Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) who won the stage by nearly a minute.
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- Dumoulin’s win put him into pink with a sizeable buffer over his rivals.
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- Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has no shortage of fans at the Giro (or wherever he goes).
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- Likewise Vincenzo Nibali.
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- Mark Cavendish (right) isn’t racing at the moment — he’s recovering from Epstein-Barr virus — but he dropped into the start of stage 11 to say hi to some of the riders.
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- Omar Fraile (Dimension Data) was in the day’s big breakaway before he got clear with Mikel Landa (Sky).
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- Landa and Fraile got caught, but the latter had enough energy to bridge when Pierre Rolland (Cannondale) attacked, getting himself in the winning move.
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- The Spaniard ended up taking the stage win from a group of four — a wonderfully tenacious stage victory.
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- Tom Dumoulin will be relying on his compatriot and teammate Laurens ten Dam in the mountains over the next few stages.
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- Stage 12 featured some beautiful scenery and rolling hills early in proceedings.
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- It would come down to a bunch sprint …
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- … where Fernando Gaviria (QuickStep Floors) took his third stage win of the Giro.
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- Sometimes you just need a post-race ice cream.
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- Maglia rosa Tom Dumoulin gets some attention before the start of stage 13.
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- From stage winner to bottle-carrying domestique: Omar Fraile is on support duty for his Dimension Data teammates.
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- Stage 13 was plan-flat and was destined to end in a bunch sprint as well.
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- Note Maximilian Richeze’s left foot, which is unclipped from his pedal. Richeze and Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) made contact in the final sprint while Richeze’s teammate Gaviria dashed along the barriers …
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- … to take his fourth stage win of the Giro, the most of any Colombian. Not a bad effort in his first Grand Tour!
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- Dimension Data’s Steve Cummings has been on media duties for Eurosport at the Giro after breaking his collarbone, scapula and sternum in a crash at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco earlier this year.
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- Adam Hansen (Lotto Soudal) was all smiles at the start of stage 14. He’d crash during the stage and suffer a suspected hairline fracture to his hand. Thankfully, he’s been able to continue, preserving his record Grand Tour streak (he’s in his 17th straight Grand Tour and has finished all of them).
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- Stage 14 was a very flat day …
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- … apart from a final climb of about 15km which would set the race alight.
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- Quintana attacked on the climb to Oropa, and Tom Dumoulin was forced to chase.
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- He eventually made contact, before thinning the group down to just three riders: Dumoulin, Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) and Quintana.
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- Quintana was dropped in the last 300m, and then Dumoulin beat Zakarin in the sprint to win stage 14 in the maglia rosa.
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- Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) has had a frustrating Giro and hasn’t been at his best throughout.
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- One toy for each of the six days QuickStep Floors has worn the maglia rosa at this year’s Giro (five days for Jungels, one for Gaviria).
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- Stage 15 finished in Bergamo, a town that’s home to cobbled streets and a medieval fortress.
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- Bob Jungels attacked twice in the closing kilometres …
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- … and was caught both times.
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- But he still had enough in the tank to win the sprint …
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- … taking his first WorldTour victory.
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- It’s been another impressive Giro for Jungels who’s worn the pink jersey for five days, the best young rider’s jersey for 11, and now has a stage win to his name.
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- Bike racing is hard, right Laurens ten Dam?
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- With six stages remaining, Tom Dumoulin leads the Giro d’Italia by 2:41 ahead of Nairo Quintana.