After two days when crashes floored the Australian challenge at the Giro d'Italia, not even dogs and goats on the road could this time disrupt their top hopes on the last day of the great race's Grande Partenza in Albania.
And neither could those four-legged interlopers stop the brilliant Mads Pedersen reclaiming the leader's pink jersey on Sunday after an eventful third stage of the Italian Grand Tour.
Denmark's former world champ Pedersen won a bunch sprint for the second time in three days to reclaim the jersey he had held after the opening stage, only for race favourite Primoz Roglic to wear it for just a day following his time trial win on Saturday.
