Mads Pedersen, the peloton's 'Great Dane', is turning the Giro d'Italia into his own benefit race, powering to his fourth stage victory in the 108th edition.
The former world champion's fourth win in Friday's 13th stage may have been his best yet as he sprinted on a brutal uphill finish to Vicenza to pip another strongman superstar Wout van Aerty in a lung-busting haul to the line.
Meanwhile, the tremendous young race leader Isaac del Toro continued to astound just behind them as he battled home a couple of seconds adrift in third place to grab more bonus seconds to help pad out his overall advantage to 38 seconds.
