Greig Leach

I admit that I am a little suspect of Chris Froome's (Sky) solo escape to take the Maglia Rosa today. I can remember when Floyd Landis did much the same way back in the early 2000's in the Tour de France. He went on to win that race only to have the title stripped due to doping. I pray that is not why this group of Richard Carapaz (Movistar), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) Segastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) and Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) couldn't chase down the lone figure of Froome. Strength in numbers should have played to their favor, that an a desire for Dumoulin to be the one in pink (as he was way back at the start of this Giro). Others had a little less to ride for, but just barely.