Stronger than the time, the opponents and the pressure of a forecast that wanted him to be the absolute favorite on the eve of the last race, Tom Dumoulin finishes 2nd in the decisive time trial – Monza-Milan, 29.3 km, 21st and last stage of this edition – conquering thus the centenary Giro d'Italia, which is also his first career triumph in a grand tour. Nothing to do for Quintana, Nibali and Pinot, direct opponents who remained in the race until the end in the race for the Trofeo Senza Fine: after more than three very tight and very tight weeks, however, Tom Dumoulin is the new king in the squad. The Colombian from Movistar pays 1'24” in today's time trial and thus sees the 53” advantage he had over his rival canceled out, closing his Giro in 2nd place. Vincenzo Nibali's comeback in the general standings stops just 9″ from Quintana: the Sicilian hits the pink podium at the end of a vigorous stage. Pinot's fraction was not convincing, announced as one of the most insidious outsiders in this time trial and instead collapsed to 1'27” from Dumoulin's 33'23”. Wooden medal for him ahead of the Russian Zakarin, 5th, and Domenico Pozzovivo, 6th.
GENERAL RANKING — 1. Tom DUMOULIN (Ola, Sunweb) 90h34'54”; 2. Quintana (Col, Movistar) at 31″; 3. Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) at 40″; 4. Pinot (Fra) at 1'17”; 5. Zakarin (Rus) at 1'56”; 6. Pozzovivo at 3'11”; 7. Mollema (Ola) at 3'41”; 8. Jungels (Lus) at 7'04”; 9. Yates (Gb) at 8'10”; 10. Formolo at 15'17”.
THE OTHER JERSEYS — Ciclamino jersey: Fernando GAVIRIA (Col, Quick-Step Floors). Blue jersey: Mikel LANDA (Spa, Team Sky). White jersey: Bob JUNGELS (Lus, Quick-Step Floors).
THE WINNER OF THE STAGE — Another Dutchman conquered the stage, Jon Van Emden (Team Lotto NL-Jumbo), who reached the finish line first with a final time of 33'08”, at over 53km/h on average. Van Emden was national champion in the specialty in 2010 and at Sagrantino he finished 8th on the finish line.
The classification of the stage: 1. Jos VAN EMDEN (Ola, Lotto Nl-Jumbo) in 33'08”; 2. Dumoulin (Ola, Sunweb) at 15″, 3. Quinziato (Bmc) at 27″; 4. Kiryenka at 31″; 5. Rosskopf at 35″; 6. Barta at 39″; 7. Preidler at 51″; 8. Jungels at 54″; 9. Tratnik at 56″; 10. Amador at 1'02”.
