- Bernal enters Sunday’s final time trial with 1min 59sec cushion
- Caruso second after first Grand Tour win, with Simon Yates third
Egan Bernal stands on the verge of Giro d’Italia glory after surviving Saturday’s brutal mountain stage with almost two minutes of an advantage to take into the closing time trial in Milan.
Damiano Caruso, Bernal’s closest challenger in the general classification, celebrated a fine stage victory – his first individual Grand Tour stage win – to increase his hold on a surprise second place, but victory by 24 seconds was not the sort of margin needed to shake the Ineos Grenadiers rider.
