Lennert van Eetvelt may have entered the Giro d'Italia attuned to as many as 15 stages where opportunity called, but stage 11 on Wednesday quickly turned from a promising prospect to a stumbling block for the Lotto-Intermarché rider.
Van Eetvelt had already shown his determination to make a mark on several occasions at the Italian Grand Tour, right from stage 2 when he followed Jonas Vingegaard's attack on the final climb, and while that move was ultimately caught and didn't yield the hoped-for top results, the strong form behind it meant the attempts to clinch a stage kept rolling.
