
'Every new day in pink is a bonus' is how Bahrain Victorious sports director Franco Pellizotti says the team management are viewing Afonso Eulálio's options on maintaining his current lead in the Giro d'Italia.
Eulálio, 24, seized the overall lead in dramatic fashion on stage 5's rain-lashed finale of the Giro d'Italia, despite crashing late on. After coming through the flat stage to Naples on Thursday unscathed, he goes into the crunch stage on Friday to the Blockhaus with a considerable lead of 2:51 over stage 5 winner and breakaway companion Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).