May 16, 9th stage Castel di Sangro-Campo Felice, 158 km.
Attacks and counter-attacks characterized today's stage among the breakaway riders.
Many tried, but the peloton remained compact.
Only at the first Gpm of the stage did 25 riders manage to break away, gradually being reabsorbed by the domestiques' hard pace.
Mohoric had a bad time; he fell on the descent and had to withdraw.
At 80 km from the finish line, a breakaway of 17 cyclists started, including the Italians Fabbro, Zana, Ulissi, and Visconti.
But it was only at -5 km, on the gravel, that the victory and the jersey change were decided, with Egan Bernal winning the stage and gaining the pink jersey, followed on the podium by Ciccone and Vlasov.
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