Cycling: Kelderman takes lead as Stelvio climb blows Giro apart

[ASFN Admin]

Kelderman (Sunweb) began the day 17 seconds behind long-time race leader Joao Almeida, whose hopes of wearing the 'maglia rosa' all the way to Milan were shattered. Portuguese Almeida cracked on the steep and twisty 24km Stelvio climb, losing three minutes before the summit as Kelderman took over as the virtual leader. Kelderman was also distanced on the day's big climb, however, dropping 47 seconds behind Britain's Tao Geoghegan Hart, who was taken up the climb by Ineos Grenadiers team mate Rohan Dennis, and his Sunweb team mate Jai Hindley.

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