With race leader Jonas Vingegaard enjoying a relatively easy day in the bunch, fellow Dane Michael Valgren chose his moment perfectly to win stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia.
The 34-year-old EF Education-EasyPost rider hung on grimly alongside Movistar's Einer Rubio in the latter stages of a hilly 202-km trek from Cassano d'Adda dominated by a large breakaway.
Australia's Chris Harper (Pinarello–Q36.5), who came close to a stage win on Tuesday, was 5:15 adrift, as was compatriot Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), the 2022 Giro winner who had moved into fourth overall after taking third on Tuesday.
