Wearing the beloved pink jersey for the first time in his career on stage 5, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) was certainly not having a bad Giro d'Italia, but was frustrated once more on stage 9 as his latest attempt to try to win a stage was once again thwarted.
The Italian led solo into the final kilometres of the Corno alle Scale climb after being in the break for half the day, but was gutted to be caught 1.7km from the top by the GC riders, who had kept the break within catching distance all day.
