Jonas Vingegaard has earned a statement triumph on the celebrated Blockhaus ascent while Australia's former champion Jai Hindley showed he's in the mood to battle for the podium again at the Giro d'Italia.
Double Tour de France winner Vingegaard, on his Giro debut, powered away on the first summit finish of the race on Friday's seventh stage, completing his set of Grand Tour stage wins and showing why's he's the overwhelming favourite to take the maglia rosa.
But while the great Dane won the 244km stage from Formio – the longest Grand Tour stage in five years -- Australia's biggest guns also had an impressive day behind him, with Hindley finishing third, 62 seconds behind, and Ben O'Connor fifth at 65sec.
