Jai Hindley and Giulio Pellizzari had feared the worst before the multi-climb mountain stage to Pila after their recent illness, but beyond the finish line, the two Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe riders were rightly proud of their combined performance on Giro d'Italia stage 14.
Both lost time to a dominant Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) but both moved up the GC. Hindley finished just nine seconds down on Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CMG) and gained 25 seconds on Thymen Arensman (Netcompany Ineos). Hindley climbed to fifth overall, 3:43 down on Vingegaard but is only 52 seconds down on Gall. Pellizzari rose three places to sixth at 4:22.
