Not even a blistering summit finish success for Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the Blockhaus in the Giro d'Italia on Friday could overshadow the stunning performance by Felix Gall, just 13 seconds down at the summit. So the million-dollar question is – what can the Austrian climber achieve now?
Previously widely rated as an outsider in the GC battle, with the honourable exception of Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) who is not expected to maintain his hold on pink beyond Tuesday's TT, Gall has now suddenly jumped up the unofficial hierarchy to the current closest long-term opponent of Vingegaard.
