Christian SCARONI. 10. He takes what Lorenzo leaves him, and does well. Both riders are giants today, the two guys from XDS Astana. An entirely attacking stage, in a segment that celebrates those who dare, who have courage, who hunger for victory.

And Italian cycling wants to celebrate again. Christian devours the road and captures his fourth seasonal victory, his sixth in his career. A quantum leap that takes him to a new dimension. After nearly leaving cycling due to a utterly reckless management by UCI regarding the Russia-Ukraine issue, Christian finds his smile again. Especially him, who was part of Gazprom Renat Kamidulin and suddenly found himself without a team like his teammates, now finds someone investing in him. Thank goodness there are those with eyes who value this guy as a precious stone to be polished: Astana develops him, he brings value.

Lorenzo FORTUNATO. 10 with honors. Generous and sunny. The honor is for his generosity and loyalty towards Scaroni. He may not be a superstar, but he's becoming an absolute level rider. He proves it today, with a race conduct of rare tactical intelligence. He collects points for the Italian climbers' classification, and in the end positions himself a pedal behind his friend, who needed it. Now in the climbers' ranking he has 319 points, against Scaroni's 125. It's not over, but he's very close.

Giulio PELLIZZARI. 10. He is the hope of Italian cycling in the Grand Tours: on this, there seems to be no doubt. He has physical skills and mental strength. Lucidity and madness. He has everything to insert himself into this "nouvelle vague" of young phenomena, who are not afraid to lose, who are not afraid to expose themselves and take responsibility. He doesn't count pedal strokes, but from today he will count more and more, especially within Red Bull.

Richard CARAPAZ. 9. In Roglic's crash, he also ends up falling, but suffers no damage. On the contrary, the Ecuadorian wants to blow everything up and whips everyone as he usually does. He gains on all direct rivals, climbing the rankings like a "Carchi locomotive". When he attacks, it's a spectacle: he throws himself entirely to his right to give no support points and goes. He leaves everyone behind, and one can believe he hasn't given his all: he's just getting started.

Derek GEE. 8. The Canadian is crazy: slow start of the Giro, now he's in the overtaking lane. An absolutely talented rider.

Jefferson CEPEDA. 6.5. The 29-year-old Ecuadorian has the opportunity to bring home a great result, but his ambitions remain just that.

Michael STORER. 7. He probably felt at home in Trentino, which rewarded him with the Tota jersey. He fights and climbs back in the rankings. The Australian recovers five positions: kangaroo.

Simon YATES. 6.5. Tries to make a difference and brings something home. Not much, but for today that's okay.

Egan BERNAL. 6.5. Ends up legs in the air on a dry and straight road section. The problem is a jacket that gets into the spokes and throws him to the ground. The Colombian does everything calmly: looks at the bicycle, fixes the chain and restarts with the same Pinarello. In the finale he suffers, but resists.

Damiano CARUSO. 7. He was supposed to escort Tiberi, in the end he finds himself having to do the rankings himself, as often happened in his career. A safe bet.

Isaac DEL TORO. 5.5. For resistance and crisis management he would deserve an 8, but it's also true that he loses precious ground, even if the Giro is not yet lost.

Antonio TIBERI. 5. It's likely that something is not right, that he is not at his best, but today is a bad setback.

Davide PIGANZOLI. 5.5. Always far from the live of the race, recovers positions in the general, but from a rider of his talent we would like to see something more and perhaps different.

Juan AYUSO. 4. Boils over and literally flies into the air. He was Roglic's real rival: they almost meet the same fate. Different ways of falling: from the pedestal.

Primoz ROGLIC. 17. It never rains but it pours. Already bruised and painful, full of doubts and ghosts. A crash cuts him out again and at this point, given his not optimal condition, he stops.