After a tough queen stage of the Giro d'Italia, Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin (NED) retains his lead in the overall standings. 

Team Sunweb were represented in both of the days breakaways with Chad Haga (USA) and Phil Bauhaus (GER) making the first, and Laurens ten Dam (NED) present in the second eventually dropping back to support Dumoulin. With 30 kilometres to the finish a call to nature caused Tom to pause for a moment, resulting in a significant loss to his overall lead. Despite the difficulties, Tom chased relentlessly to limit his losses and now leads the Giro d'Italia by 31 seconds. 

After the stage Dumoulin said: "At that moment I needed to stop to answer natures call. When I was chasing back I decided to fight and not give up and then see where we were at after the finish. It was tough out there on my own and of course it's dissapointing. The legs were good and I feel like I could have been up there with the other GC group but that's not how it worked out, it's too bad."

Team Sunweb coach Aike Visbeek (NED) added: "Looking at everything apart from Tom's stop, everything was great. The team were strong, the tactical plan worked and everything was good. Tom was also strong on the climb, fast on the descent and going just as well as the other guys in front. We lost some of the lead but Tom is still in pink, which is the most important thing. Looking ahead we still have a time trial in Milan and over the coming days we have more good opportunities for Tom."