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Ganna wins time-trial in Giro shake-up / Photo: © AFP
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Ganna wins time-trial in Giro shake-up
Italy's Filippo Ganna won the stage 10 time-trial at the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, as overnight leader Afonso Eulalio clung on to the pink jersey.
Eulalio now leads race favourite Jonas Vingegaard by just 27 seconds, a lead that stood at around five minutes when he won last week's rain-lashed stage five.
Eulalio had led by over two minutes and looked set to lose the pink Tuesday before rallying in the latter half of the long time trial.
Ineos rider Thymen Arensman had a great day and climbed to third at 1min 57 while Felix Gall dropped to fourth at 2min 24sec. Australian Ben O'Connor climbed to fifth at 2min 48.
The potentially decisive stage was held on a flat 42km coastal run between Viareggio and Massa on the Tuscan coast.
A picture-postcard run, the same route often features on the Giro warm-up race the Tirreno-Adriatico, and it featured two long, straight stretches meaning power rather than technique was the order of the day.
While Ganna's win was expected, so was the shake up in the overall with Jai Hindley and Felix Gall losing time in the run for the overall.
Stage 11 is a hilly affair with no real shake-up expected and Eulalio tipped to keep the overall lead as far as the weekend mountain stages.
N. Nilsson--BTZ
