Greig Leach

Team Sky just had to pay attention today. Chris Froome's brilliant riding over the past two days have put him into the maglia rosa. He has 46 seconds on the rider who has been second overall for the entire 101st Giro d'Italia, Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb). As the peloton started up the Col Tescore, Froome had Salvatore Puccio and Sergio Henao in front and Wout Poels bringing up the rear. They looked ready for anything Dumoulin would try. None of the others were close enough to his lead to be much of a worry to the likely holder of all three grand tour titles similtaneously.