On a day when Jonas Vingegaard put on another show of strength at the Giro d'Italia, Australia's former champion Jai Hindley has demonstrated why he looks strong enough to take on the sole leadership of his team.
Vingegaard, the race's overwhelming favourite, triumphed for the second time in three days on Sunday, racing away over the final kilometre on the final ascent to Corno alle Scale to annex the ninth stage at the end of a tough first week.
He left the rest of the overall race favourites scattered on the mountain behind him, though Afonso Eulalio defied expectations to finish an unexpected battling fifth, 41 seconds behind, to hold on to his leader's pink jersey, as he still leads the GC by 2min 24sec from the great Dane Vingegaard.
