lo ▁and ▁caught ▁up ▁with ▁Vin ok ou rov , ▁S ast re , ▁Evans , ▁and ▁John ▁G ad ret , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁between ▁him ▁and ▁the ▁leading ▁tri o . ▁B asso ' s ▁group ▁had ▁only ▁ 3 0 ▁seconds ▁on ▁Ar roy o ' s ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁stage - con cluding ▁A pr ica ▁clim b , ▁but ▁they ▁took ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁time ▁as ▁the ▁clim b ▁went ▁on ▁and ▁finished ▁three ▁minutes ▁ahead , ▁giving ▁B asso ▁the ▁p ink ▁j er sey ▁with ▁two ▁days ▁left ▁to ▁race . ▁Ar roy o ▁elected ▁not ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁ag gress ively ▁descend ▁any ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁large ▁clim bs ▁on ▁course ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁road ▁race ▁stage , ▁sett ling ▁for ▁second ▁place ▁by ▁r iding ▁with ▁B asso ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁top ▁rid ers ▁in ▁the ▁pel ot on ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁There ▁were ▁a ▁few ▁changes ▁in ▁time ▁g aps , ▁but ▁the ▁same ▁rid ers ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁day , ▁as ▁Johan ▁Tsch opp ▁won ▁the ▁stage ▁from ▁a ▁break away . ▁The ▁individual ▁time ▁trial ▁in ▁Ver ona ▁which ▁closed ▁out ▁the ▁G iro ▁also ▁provided ▁for ▁small ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁overall , ▁but ▁B asso ' s ▁ 1 5 th ▁place ▁on ▁the ▁stage ▁was ▁easily ▁enough ▁to ▁make ▁him ▁G iro ▁champion . ▁Ar roy o ▁and ▁N ib ali ▁rounded ▁out ▁the ▁pod ium . ▁ ▁Australian ▁rid