Arensman eventually crossed the line in 47th, losing more than two minutes, taking a solid blow to his GC ambitions. The Dutchman started as a backup Ineos' back-up leader in Italy, but with this timelag, combined with a hard stage coming up tomorrow, this may as well spell the end to Arensman's classification efforts at
Giro d'Italia.
Yet his team still believes in the 24-year-old: "I could see that he was at the back of the group when we hit the penultimate climb and I said on the radio that it looked like he was heading back a bit," teammate Magnus Sheffield added, speaking to GCN after the stage. "But I think Thymen is a fighter so he just needed to continue on his pace."