Giro d'Italia: Juan Ayuso takes stage win but Primoz Roglic is back in pink
Although Roglic rallied to finish fourth, regaining the Maglia Rosa with a four-second advantage in the general classification, Ayuso was clearly the strongest rider in the first real battle among the climbers, with the last two kilometres averaging a challenging 9.1 per
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