The Youth classification at the
Giro d'Italia saw
João Almeida succeed, on his fourth attempt as he chased the overall classification.
The Portuguese fought for the pink jersey throughout the three weeks, but as a consequence of his consistency and climbing quality he jumped into the lead on stage 10, beating
Thymen Arensman and
Andreas Leknessund who also featured in the Top10. Remco Evenepoel and Andreas Leknessund also led the classification throughout the race.