The Portuguese Guerreiro snatches the victory from Castroviejo, the most generous gregarious

A hundred meters left the generous

to debut his record in the Giro d'Italia.

The Basque, after a capital escape, was cursing his luck when the Portuguese

snatched a victory he deserved.

But cycling is a sport without feelings in which the smartest almost always wins, and on today's mountainous day, the Portuguese was the most cunning.

In the last section of the climb to the port of Roccaraso he grabbed onto the wheel of his escaping partner and barely gave him a couple of relays.

He reserved energy for the last arreón, where he successfully surpassed the brave Ineos runner.

Party for Portugal that scores a partial victory and maintains the leadership of

.

A mountainous stage in which the first of the general barely moved.

They only tightened in the absence of half a killometer.

was the most ambitious, stole 19 seconds from the Portuguese and climbed to second place overall.

snatched four seconds from the leader, but is now third.

The disappointment was led by

, who was expected to assault the general.

A triumph for Guerrerio, the first in a big round, before clearing the uncertainty generated by

Covid-19 positive

.

This Monday, the entire platoon will undergo coronavirus controls.

The organizers of the test pray that the case of the British has only been something sporadic, irrelevant to the rest of the Corsa Rosa caravan.

On a rainy day, Castroviejo, free from ties typical of being gregarious, got into the good escape of the day, which got to get a seven-minute rent and in which

, Guerreiro,

,

,

and Frankiny, and for a day he was the virtual leader of the Corsa Rosa.

Only the mountainous route of the latter part of the stage and Guerreiro's stamina deprived the Spaniard of his desire to ascend to the podium.

The time trialist from Ineos, always so combative, feared that his adventure would end on the Boscio di Sant Antonio climb, when Nibali's Trek stretched the hunting group, but with the presence of rain and cold, the Italian ordered to stop the march and the escapees breathed a sigh of relief on the way to Roccaraso.

The truce was taken advantage of by the Basque and by Guerreiro, who jumped with six kilometers to go.

The good understanding between the two prevented the neutralization of the pursuers.

The Spaniard, who in his professional career has always been dedicated to the service of his leaders:

,

,

, was the most generous on the climb, but he lacked a prize.

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