After a rollercoaster first week of the Giro d'Italia, Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) brushed away any doubts about his condition with a stunning stage victory in the race's first mountaintop finish, using a Primož Roglič-style late uphill sprint attack to distance the entire field on Friday's stage 7.
On a day when over a dozen riders were still in the front group when the stage reached the final kilometre of the Tagliacozzo ascent, the 22-year-old's ability to time his late attack to perfection and drop rivals with far greater Grand Tour palmares was impressive enough.
