Quintana takes Giro lead as crash slows Thomas and Yates
A crash involving a police motorbike virtually ended the overall title hopes of Sky teammates Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa, plus Orica-Scott’s Adam Yates.
Quintana finished 24 seconds ahead of Thibaut Pinot, who edged Tom Dumoulin in a sprint for second.
Giro d’Italia 2017 – stage 9 results ( Montenero di Bisaccia – Blockhaus ):
| 1 | Nairo Quintana (Movistar) | |
| 2 | Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) | +24” |
| 3 | Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 4 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | +41” |
| 5 | Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain Merida) | +1’00” |
| 6 | Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R) | +1’18” |
| 7 | Tanel Kangert (Astana) | +2’02” |
| 8 | Ilnut Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) | +2’14” |
| 9 | Sebastien Reichenbach (FDJ) | +2’28” |
| 10 | Davide Formolo (Cannondale-Drapac) | +2’35” |
