Dumoulin rains on Quintana’s parade

Ortisei – Tom Dumoulin denied Colombian rival Nairo Quintana to retain the pink jersey after a thrilling 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia won by American Tejay van Garderen yesterday.

Dumoulin, who is bidding to become the first Dutch winner of the three-week grand tour, crossed the line ninth on the 137km ride through the Dolomites at 1min 06sec behind BMC rider Van Garderen, known as “TVG”.

The Sunweb team leader retained his 31sec lead on Movistar rider Quintana, and a 1:12 cushion on Italy’s two-time champion Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain) ahead of today’s 19th stage, a 191km ride from San Candido to Piancavallo. – AFP