Rohan Dennis wins Giro d'Italia Time Trial ahead of final mountain stages

Australia’s Rohan Dennis won the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia, as Simon Yates hung onto the Pink Jersey as Dumoulin took back time

Australia’s Rohan Dennis won the 16th stage of the Giro d’Italia, a 34.2km individual time-trial between Trento and Rovereto in northern Italy on Tuesday.

Britain’s Simon Yates retained the leader’s pink jersey with a 57-sec lead on defending champion Tom Dumoulin going into the crucial, final week of racing.

“This is a big day for me to jump back into the top ten,” said BMC rider Rohan Dennis, who is now sixth overall five minutes behind Yates having worn the pink jersey from stages two to five. “I really wanted to come here to win a stage. “I just have to hold on for as long as possible. There’s going to be guys trying to do crazy things in the last week.”

Dennis finished 14 sec ahead of Germany’s Tony Martin (Katusha) with Dumoulin (Sunweb) third, 22sec off the pace. Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome (Sky) was fifth on the stage, 35sec behind Dennis, and moved up to fourth from seventh at 3min 50sec behind Yates.

VIDEO: 2018 Giro d'Italia Stage 16 Highlights

Stage 16 Top Ten

1. Rohan Dennis (AUS/BMC) 40min 00sec
2. Tony Martin (GER/KAT) at 14sec
3. Tom Dumoulin (NED/SUN) 22
4. Jos van Emden (NED/LNL) 27
5. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 35
6. Fabio Aru (ITA/EAU) 37
7. Alex Dowsett (GBR/KAT) 40
8. Diego Ulissi (ITA/EAU) 40
9. Chad Haga (USA/SUN) 47
10. David de la Cruz (ESP/SKY) 1:01

Overall GC after Stage 16

1. Simon Yates (GBR/Mitchelton) 66hr 39min 14sec
2. Tom Dumoulin (NED/SUN) at 56sec
3. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/BAH) 3:11
4. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 3:50
5. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 4:19
6. Rohan Dennis (AUS/BMC) 5:04
7. Miguel Angel Lopez (COL/AST) 5:37
8. Pello Bilbao (ESP/AST) 6:02
9. Richard Carapaz (ECU/MOV) 6:07
10. George Bennett (NZL/LNL) 7:01

 
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