Australia's Rohan Dennis won the
individual time trial from Trento to Rovereto, the Giro
d'Italia's 16th stage, on Tuesday while Britain's Simo Yates
kept the leader's pink jersey with a 56'' advantage over
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.
Going into the 34.2 km time trial Yates had a 2'11''
advantage over Dumoulin.
Dennis, at 40'00'', was faster than Germany's Tony Martin,
second, 14" behind; Dumoulin, third at 22"; Dutchman Jos Van
Emden, fourth at 27"; Briton Chris Froome, fifth at 35"; Italy's
Fabio Aru, sixth at 37"; Briton Alex Dowsett, seventh at 40";
Italy's Diego Ulissi, eighth at 40"; America's Chad Haga, ninth
at 47"; and Spain's David De La Cruz Melgarejo, tenth at 1'01".
In the general classification Dumoulin is second to Yates,
56'' behind; Italy's Domenico Pozzovivo third at 3'11"; Briton
Chris Froome fourth at 3'50"; France's Thibaut Pinot fifth at
4'19"; Dennis sixth at 5'04"; Colombia's Miguel Angel Lopez
seventh at 5'37"; Spain's Pello Bilbao eighth at 6'02";
Ecuador's Richard Carapaz ninth at 6'07"; and New Zealand's
George Bennett 10th at 7'01".
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