Giro d'Italia: Dumoulin in pink as Quintana struggled in the 10th stage (TT)

16:30 Tom Dumoulin positioned himself as a serious contender for the GC win. The Butterfly will have to resist to Nairo Quintana in the next stages, but his progress in high mountain and time trial potential (the last stage is a flat time trial of 29km) will play in his favor. Pinot, Mollema and Nibali will have to be extremely offensive to reach the podium or the win. Geraint Thomas did a good time trial today and even if he is still far from Dumoulin, he gained some time on the rest of his opponents. The Team Sky member seems to have recovered from his crash and his ambition of climbing on the podium in Milan is still alive.

16:25: Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) takes the lead of the race and the pink jersey. The Dutchman has an advantage of 2’23” on Quintana (Movistar), 2’38” on Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), 2’40” on Pinot (FDJ), and 2’47” on Nibali (Bahrain-Merida).

16:20 The final top 5 classification of the 10th stage is:

1. Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) 50’37”

2. Geraint Thomas (Sky) 51’26”

3. Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) 51’33”

4. Luis Leon Sanchez 52’17”

5. Vasil Kiryienka (Sky) 52’37”

16:18 Nairo Quintana (Movistar) finishes in 53’30”, 2’53” behind Tom Dumoulin. The Colombian lost his pink jersey today and a conceded some time to his direct rivals.

16:15 Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) crosses the line in a time of 53’19”, which is 2’42” slower than Dumoulin. We expected better from Pinot, who had the opportunity today to gain some time on Quintana, but did not.

16:13 The podium of the stage should not change and the pink jersey will be on the shoulders of Tom Dumoulin tonight.

16:09 Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) sets the fastest time of the day on the finish line. He is 49″ in front of Geraint Thomas and 56″ in front of Bob Jungels. The native of Maastricht smashed this time trial and he sent a strong message to Quintana. The Colombian is going to loose a lot of time today…

16:06 It seems like Dumoulin keeps accelerating in the last kilometers. The Butterfly has only 1km to go.

16:05 Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) finishes this first time trial of the 100th Giro in 52’44”, 1’18” behind Geraint Thomas (Sky).

16:00 Quintana is far behind his opponents. The Colombian is 2’09” behind Dumoulin after the second intermediate. The Movistar climber lost more than 2 minutes after 28.2 km and there is still 11km to go until the finish line. The pink jersey will lose his lead today and may be 3 minutes behind Dumoulin in Montefalco.

15:57 Like Nibali, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) is not playing in the same ground as Dumoulin today. The Frenchman is 1’42” behind the Dutchman.

15:52 Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) clocks the best time after the second intermediate, 36″ in front of Geraint Thomas. We knew that Dumoulin was the favorite today and he is confirming it. His domination today is total as the “Butterly” is flying to another success.

15:48 Nibali is losing time on the first riders. He is 11th at 1’02” of Thomas after 28.2km. The former Giro winner will have to do a great third week to bring back the pink jersey to Milan.

15:43 Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) crosses the line in 51’33”, which is the Second time, only 7″ behind Geraint Thomas! Thomas remains leader of the stage so far. The only rider able to threaten his victory today is the member of the Team Sunweb Tom Dumoulin, who still looks impressive as he will reach the second intermediate soon.

15:39 Jungels is looking good in the final sector of the time trial. He has a good position on his bike and his pedal speed is high.

15:37 Quintana is 48″ behind Dumoulin after the first intermediate. It is a lot of time after only 9km. There is still a long way to go before the finish line and the Colombian will probably lose a lot of time today on his opponents.

15:34 Tom Dumoulin was looking strong and it is confirmed, as he sets the fastest time after 9.8 km, with an 18″ seconds gap on the second, Bob Jungels.

15:30 Geraint Thomas clocked the 39.8km of the time trial in 51’26”! It is 51″ faster than Sanchez’s time. The Sky’s rider has definitely recovered from his crash and he is determined to finish this Giro in a beautiful way.

15:27 Jungels sets the second fastest time at the second intermediate. The national champion is only 3″ behind Thomas with 11km headwind to go.

15:25 Nairo Quintana (Movistar), the pink jersey, is the last rider of the day to start.

15:23 Dumoulin is looking good in the first part of the time trial, it would not be surprising to see him being in the top 3 after the first intermediate.

15:22 Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), also time trial national champion started his time trial 3 minutes after Dumoulin.

15:19 Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) just departed. The Dutch time trial champion has today the opportunity to gain some time on his main rival Nairo Quintana (Movistar).

15:17 Geraint Thomas (Sky) sets the first time at the second intermediate! The Welsh is 20″ in front of Kiryienka after 28.3km and before riding the last part of the time trial.

15:12 Vicenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) is the next one to start this 39.8km time trial. The Shark has a slight advantage on Quintana in the time trials and he should take advantage of it to gain some time on the Colombian today. After a good first part of climb in the Blockhaus on Sunday, the Sicilian suffered on the second part and lost 1′ on Quintana.

15:09 Domenico Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) just left the departure line.

15:06 Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) just departed from Foligno. The Russian climber is liking this type of time trial and he will have today the occasion to install himself a little more comfortably in the GC top 10.

15:03 Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) just clocked the best time at the first intermediate. The national time trial champion has a 2″ gap on Thomas after 9.8km.

15:00 Geraint Thomas is staying on the saddle, pushing hard on a low percentage climb. He is catching Rui Costa Bahrain-Merida), who left before the Welsh.

14:59 Van Garderen is in the rhythm as he is only 11″ behind Thomas after 9.8km.

14:55 We are now entering the top 10. Each rider is now separated by 3 minutes from the following.

14:52 Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) launched his time trial. The young Luxemburger has a chance to make his way up in the GC today.

14:50 Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) clocked the third time on the first part of the time trial.

14:49 Geraint Thomas (Sky) sets the fastest time at the first intermediate, after 9.8km, in the same second as Kiryienka.

14:48 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC), who considerably lost time on Blockhaus is on the departure line.

14:40 Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) sets the fastest time so far in 52’17”, 20″ in front of Kiryienka.

14:38 Geraint Thomas (Sky) just started his 39.8km trial.

14:37 Sanchez keeps pushing in a time trialist position, even when the road goes uphill. He is in a good day.

14:33 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Bahrain-Merida) sets the fifth time 15″ behind Kiryienka at the first intermediate.

14:26 Georg Preidler (Team Sunweb) sets the fifth time at the first intermediate, 15″ behind Kiryienka. The Austrian impressions and intermediate times will be important for Tom Dumoulin, who will depart later.

14:23 Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) sets the second time after the second intermediate, only 20 ” behind Kyryienka. Knowing that the Belarus crashed in the final and struggled to maintain his speed in the last kilometers, Sanchez will have a chance to take the lead.

14:20 Stef Clement (LottoNL-Jumbo), a time trial national champion and one of the outsiders today just started.

14:15 After 75 riders crossed the line, here is the TOP 5 so far:

1. Vasil Kiryienka (Sky) 52’37”

2. Jan Tratnik (CCC) at 13″

3. Jos Van Emden (LottoNL-Jumbo) 15″

4. Michael Hepburn (Orica-Scott) 23″

5. Jan Barta (Bora-Hansgrohe) 36″

14:11 Mikel Landa (Sky), involved in the crash on the Blockhaus stage, just started.

There is a strong headwind on the last part of the time trial, which is going to be an advantage for powerful riders such as Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) or Geraint Thomas (Sky).

14:05 Sanchez is impressive on the first uphill course of the time-trial, he already overtook a rider.

14:03 Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) sets the fourth time at the first intermediate, 13 seconds behind Kyryienka.

13:30 Vasil Kiriyenka (Sky) is currently in the first position of this time trial. He was first at the two intermediates and despite a crash in the last kilometer, he clocked the best time.

Hello and welcome on Yahoo!SportsUk to follow the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia. This stage is a Time-Trial of 39.8km connecting Foligno to Montefalco.