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Action from Stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia. Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse

Ireland's Dan Martin loses over six minutes on Giro leader and slips back to 18th place

Martin finished in 40th place in Stage 11 of the tour.

IRELANDโ€™S DAN MARTIN has slipped back to 18th place in the general classification of the Giro dโ€™Italia after losing 6:14 on the leader Egan Bernal today.

Martin finished stage 11 of the tour in 40th place and is now 7:06 behind the Colombian after starting the day in eighth place overall.

Colombian Bernal, riding for Ineos, tightened his grip on the overall Giro dโ€™Italia lead after Wednesdayโ€™s 11th stage won by Switzlerandโ€™s Mauro Schmid.

Team Qhubekaโ€™s Schmid won the 162km stage as part of a long range breakaway while 2019 Tour de France winner Bernal extended his overall lead in Tuscany.

Belgian Remco Evenepoel was another of the big losers of the day, as the race resumed after Tuesdayโ€™s rest day, falling behind in the final 20km to drop 2:08 to Bernal, who gained time on all his rivals.

The 24-year-old Colombian was at ease throughout the day and perfectly mastered the final 35km section of white dirt roads that also feature on the Strade Bianche one day classic.

In the climb to Montalcino, Bernal outpaced Russian Aleksandr Vlasov in a group that included British riders Hugh Carthy and Simon Yates.

Evenepoel fell behind a first time in the descent of the first of four dirt road sectors and was definitely trailing in the third were he clearly suffered and had to be helped by Deceuninck-Quick-Step teammate Joao Almeida.

But the 21-year-old Belgian, making his cycling comeback in the Giro after nine months out following an accident, dropped from overall second to seventh at 2:22 adrift of the pink jersey.

Franceโ€™s Romain Bardet also lost steam late along with Italian climber Giulio Ciccone.

Schmid, 22, pulled clear of Italian breakaway rival Alessandro Covi, finishing just one second ahead for his first professional win.

Overall, Bernal leads Vlasovic by 45 seconds with Italian Damiano Caruso at 1:12.

Thursdayโ€™s 12th stage covers 212km between Siena and Bagno di Romana with four climbs including the Passo del Carnaio in the final 10km.

ยฉ โ€“ AFP, 2021

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    Dec 7th 2018, 4:34 PM

    Jaysus they didnโ€™t give him much of a chance.

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    Dec 7th 2018, 5:24 PM

    Whoโ€™d want to coach Romania after this? The referee incident with Spain, fielding ineligible players and now firing a coach after 3 gamesโ€ฆ

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    Dec 7th 2018, 5:43 PM

    bit harsh. he committed to win three games and he didnโ€™t and now lookโ€ฆ

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    Dec 7th 2018, 6:32 PM

    Well perhaps he took after his brother with awful team selections while spouting nonsense about playing style..

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    Dec 8th 2018, 12:36 AM

    Not enough Rodgeringโ€ฆ..

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