Even without the help of his injured Australian lieutenant Jai Hindley, Primoz Roglic has ridden back into the lead of the Giro d'Italia after the race's first summit finish.
While Juan Ayuso, the young Spaniard rated his main rival for the title, won stage seven with an impressive late burst, Roglic couldn't have sounded more blase as he smiled about finishing fourth on the day and laughed: "I was a bit behind, but I didn't really fight much."
His ride on Friday was enough to put the 2023 winner Roglic back into the pink jersey he'd briefly held after the second-stage time trial, but the five-time Grand Tour winner didn't seem overly fussed about winning back that big prize either.
