The Italian cyclist Davide Bais (EOLO-Kometa) won the seventh stage of the Tour of Italy this Friday, making the revenge the breakaway of the day, with the Norwegian Andreas Leknessund (DSM) following the overall lead.
Bais, 25, covered the 218 kilometers between Capua and Gran Sasso d’Italia in 6:08.40 hours, beating his two companions from the day’s break, the Czech Karel Vacek (Corratec-Selle Italia), second by nine seconds , and the Italian Simone Petilli (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), third to 15.
The men’s general arrived all together, at 3.10 minutes, and Leknessund held the pink jersey, with the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) second, 28 seconds behind, and the French Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R-Citroën). third, 30. Portuguese João Almeida (United Arab Emirates) was eighth in the run and is fourth, one minute behind.
On Saturday, the eighth stage will link Terni to Fossombrone over 207 kilometers, with three mountain sections, one in the second category and two in the fourth category.
Source: TSF
