2017 Giro d'Italia Stage 10 Results & Recap
Stage 10 of the 2017 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Dumoulin smashes, taking the stage and leader’s jersey
Tom Dumoulin proved he was a step above everyone else in the time trial by smashing the competition. He took not only the stage win but the pink jersey as well.
Stage 9 winner and pink jersey wearer Nairo Quitana was realistic of his chances in the time trial, “We’re facing a strong Tom Dumoulin, a talented specialist, also Thibaut Pinot, who rides well against the clock. They will surely do better on tomorrow’s course than me, though I hope not to lose really much time. I’d of course like to keep the Maglia Rosa, yet we know it’ll be difficult. I wouldn’t dare to say which margin would be enough for me, how much time lost would make me happy.”
Of the time trial favorites who set the early fastest time was Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) even though he crashed in the penultimate corner of the stage. His crash cost him at least 25 seconds. Team Sky was zero luck in this year’s Giro so far.
One of the race contenders, Luis Leon Sanchez, had set the fastest time, stopping the clock at 52:17 - a time that was going to be hard to beat.
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) was perhaps looking to change his team’s luck. He started out with a fastest time through the first checkpoint, averaging 55 kilometers an hour!
Nipping at his heels was former pink jersey wearer was Bob Jungels (Quick Step Floors) who set the fastest time (10:40) in the first time check, beating Thomas. Jungels continues to be a threat to the overall, if not this year, for years to come.
Jungels time wasn’t going to last long as Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) smashed the first checkpoint at 10:22, 18 seconds faster than Jungels. Thomas went on to set the fastest time so far. More importantly he and looked to be clawing his way back into contention for at least a top five on the overall general classification.
Rolling down the start ramp was race leader Nairo Quintana. On the rest day he said, “Let’s see how we do on Tuesday and we’ll start building our race strategy immediately after that, and seek for favourable points for us in the upcoming stages to try and beat our rivals. I won’t comment anything about that strategy, otherwise it’d get to our competitors’ ears (smiles). However, what’s clear for us is that we will continue to make our moves on the terrain that favours us, and work as hard as we’ve done so far.”
By the first checkpoint at 9.8 kilometers, the Colombian rider was already 48 seconds behind Dumoulin! At this rate he was going to lose the maglia rosa.
Former pink jersey wearer Jungels crossed the finish line at 51:33 for second place behind Thomas. But Dumoulin was yet to finish and was setting scorching times. Frenchman Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), who can also time trial, was losing time to Dumoulin. It seemed like today was going to be Dumoulin’s best day ever in a time trial.
As the favorites crossed the line, Dumoulin crushed the fastest time of Thomas, stopping the clock at 50:37, 49 seconds faster than the Sky rider! Still on the road and losing huge chunks of time was Quintana - well over two minutes and he was yet to finish.
Another rider who was expecting to do better was Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) who finished at 53:19. This was further proof that Dumoulin was a class above everyone when it came to the race against the clock.
While Quintana expected to lose time, no one expected he’d finish 2:53 minutes behind the stage winner. Dumoulin was ecstatic.
“I’m really happy. I didn’t expect this gap!”
Another rider who had a good day was Thomas. He finished the stage in second place just 49 seconds behind the winner and moved into 11th on the overall general classification. Perhaps a top three in the final overall was not beyond reach?
Dumoulin’s amazing time put him atop of the general classification by 2:23 over Quintana, who slotted in second place. Moving into third place overall was Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) at 2:38 down.
The question remains, can Dumoulin stay with the climbers on the mountains? Tomorrow is a hilly stage and a chance to see if there is any chinks in the Sunweb rider’s armor.
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