Stage 11

The road

At the start

Chaves gone, Dumoulin at 41 seconds

Yesterday cost Esteban Chaves twenty-five minutes and his second place, so Simon Yates rolls out of Assisi with Tom Dumoulin his nearest rival at 41 seconds and Thibaut Pinot at 46. Today is short and lumpy — 156 kilometres across the Marche — and it ends on the steep, narrow climb into Osimo, the sort of finish where ten seconds change hands before anyone sees it coming.

How it was won

1. 15 km to go

   Štybar and Wellens strike

   On the steep gradients to Osimo, just under 5km out, Zdenek Štybar lands the first blow with only Tim Wellens able to hold his wheel.

2. 22 km to go

   Yates seizes the initiative

   With the leaders in sight inside the final two kilometres, the maglia rosa attacks the steep climb and pulls out an immediate gap.

3. 3At the line

   Yates soloes in Osimo

   Yates rides clear to his second stage win of the race, with only a looming Dumoulin close behind, extending his overall lead again.

The result