Decathlon controlled the pace of the bunch right up until the final climb that decided everything.
A valiant effort from the break, with Giulio Ciccone lasting the longest, but behind him, Visma and Decathlon smelled blood in the fight for GC.
Pellizzari and others were dropped as the gradients bit. And at the top of the mountain, the two strongest men battled it out.
But the man in pink? He's not going anywhere just yet.
Ned Boulting and Jacopo Guarnieri report from the finish line with all the reaction and analysis.
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