22-05-2025
Giro d'Italia: Juan Ayuso takes stage win but Primoz Roglic is back in pink
Juan Ayuso stole a march on Primoz Roglic as the contest for the Pink Jersey began in earnest on the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia. In the first mountain finish, at the end of a draining route of 168km from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo, Ayuso rode conclusively away from the leading group at the end of the final climb to assert his credentials as the primary threat to Roglic, the race favourite, who is looking for his sixth grand tour win.
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
