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Omar Fraile took his maiden Grand Tour victory on stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia as Tom Dumoulin hung on to the overall lead despite a frantic and stressful day in the pink jersey. Team Dimension Data's Fraile won the 161-kilometre stage from Firenze to Bagno di Romagna out of the remnants of a large breakaway which at one point threatened to knock Dumoulin off top spot, and forced his Team Sunweb squad to work hard all day to limit their losses. Pre-race favourite Nairo Quintana, second in the general classification, crossed the line in the same group as Dumoulin, a little over 90 seconds behind Fraile. But Quintana's teammate Andrey Amador was in the break and moved up to sixth overall, three minutes and five seconds back overall to give the Movistar squad plenty of options for the days to come. Fraile had been aggressive in the break but it came down to a select sprint between the final four survivors as he beat Rui Costa [UAE Team Emirates], Pierre Rolland [Cannondale-Drapac] and Tanel Kangert [Astana] to the line.
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