Giro d’Italia 2020 – GC hopeful Jakob Fuglsang suffers nightmare late puncture

Updated 13/10/2020 at 15:07 GMT

A late puncture dented Jakob Fuglsang’s general classification hopes on Stage 10 at the Giro d’Italia. The Dane is now 2:20 adrift off race leader Joao Almeida in the Italian Grand Tour.

Jakob Fuglsang | Giro d'Italia 2020

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Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) dropped out of the top 10 at the Giro d’Italia after an untimely puncture saw him leak time to his GC rivals on Stage 10.

The Dane hit trouble inside the final 10 kilometres on a lively day at the Giro as he was left to nurse a wounded bike down a descent while a teammate caught up.

He eventually jumped on another bike but was isolated as he attempted to limit his losses to a main group of contenders.

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Fuglsang finished 1:38 behind stage winner Peter Sagan and, crucially, 1:15 behind a select group containing the top five on GC - Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-Quickstep), Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain McLaren), Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT Pro Cycling) and Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo).

The 35-year-old is now 11th in the overall standings and 2:20 off the Almeida in the maglia rosa.

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