Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) said there was "not much more I could have done" after a bruising time trial at the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, but there were question marks over whether he sacrificed time due to his helmet set-up.
The Austrian, who had emerged as Jonas Vingegaard's (Visma-Lease a Bike) closest challenger in the mountains of the opening week, was one of the worst GC performers in the 42km stage 10 TT, conceding 1:22 to Vingegaard and 2:28 to Thymen Arensman (Netcompany Ineos), who has now taken his place in third place overall.