Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) triumphed for the second time in three days to win stage nine of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, with the Dane going solo at the end of the climb to the finish, while Afonso Eulalio remains in the overall lead.
Vingegaard tracked race rival Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) when the Austrian attacked near the end of the 184 km from Cervia to Corno alle Scale, but the Dane powered away in the closing kilometre, with his Visma teammate Davide Piganzoli coming in third.
Eulalio (Bahrain Victorious) put in another brave ride to limit the damage and crossed the line fifth, 41 seconds behind Vingegaard and maintained his grip on the pink jersey.
Ireland's Darren Rafferty (EF Education - EasyPost) crossed the line 82nd on the stage, with Ryan Mullen (NSN Cycling Team) 136th.
After Monday's rest day, the riders will tackle a 42km individual time trial from Viareggio to Massa on Tuesday's stage 10.
