
Isaac del Toro enjoyed a day of 'no stress' and steady riding to Cesano Maderno but knows his maglia rosa and narrow lead will surely come under attack on stage 19, high into the Alps of the Valle d'Aosta, and again on stage 20 that climbs the Colle delle Finestre dirt roads on the way to Sestriere at the Giro d'Italia.
"We're all waiting for Friday and Saturday," Del Toro admitted after finishing in the peloton after the long, hot ride south to the northern outskirts of Milan.