rov ▁took ▁back ▁the ▁race ▁leadership . ▁Through ▁the ▁first ▁mountain ▁stage ▁and ▁two ▁flat ▁stages ▁that ▁followed , ▁the ▁overall ▁stand ings ▁did ▁not ▁change ▁much , ▁and ▁Vin ok ou rov ▁retained ▁the ▁j er sey . ▁ ▁Stage ▁ 1 1 ▁into ▁L ' A qu ila ▁provided ▁for ▁major ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁overall ▁stand ings . ▁More ▁than ▁ 5 0 ▁rid ers ▁formed ▁the ▁day ' s ▁escape ▁group , ▁and ▁they ▁quickly ▁took ▁ 2 0 ▁minutes ▁advantage . ▁Among ▁them ▁were ▁S ast re , ▁W igg ins , ▁and ▁' s ▁Rich ie ▁Por te , ▁who ▁was ▁holding ▁the ▁white ▁j er sey ▁as ▁best ▁young ▁r ider ▁and , ▁at ▁sixth ▁overall , ▁was ▁the ▁best - pla ced ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁group . ▁S ast re , ▁W igg ins , ▁and ▁Por te ▁all ▁had ▁multiple ▁support ▁rid ers ▁with ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁break away ▁who ▁set ▁str enu ous ▁p aces ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁group ▁away . ▁The ▁main ▁field , ▁containing ▁the ▁G iro ' s ▁top ▁favor ites , ▁pulled ▁back ▁a ▁little ▁time ▁but ▁was ▁still ▁nearly ▁ 1 3 ▁minutes ▁behind ▁stage ▁winner ▁Ev gen i ▁Pet rov ▁at ▁the ▁finish . ▁The ▁day ' s ▁result ▁mass ively ▁sh uff led ▁the ▁overall ▁classification . ▁Por te ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁r ider ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁before ▁the ▁stage ▁who ▁remained ▁there ▁after ward , ▁and ▁took ▁the ▁p ink ▁j er