Visma-Lease a Bike's Wout van Aert narrowly missed on taking a second Giro d'Italia victory on stage 13, being beaten to the line by Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) on the uphill finish in Vicenza.
Van Aert started the day as a key contender for the expected tough finale up the Monte Berico, but there was always a sense that if both he and Pedersen made it to the top, the Dane would have the better kick, and that's exactly what happened in the end.
