Chris Froome: I can't see anyone taking the jersey off Yates' shoulders
22 May 2018 09:15
Chris Froome (Team Sky) moved to within striking distance of a podium position in the 2018 Giro d'Italia after posting a par performance in the key Rovereto time trial during stage 16. He insisted it's "still all to race for" as the corsa rosa prepares for three important stages in the mountains, which start with the steady ascent to Pratonevoso on Thursday. The Briton finished fifth, 35 seconds down on Rohan Dennis' (BMC Racing) winning time and 13 seconds behind Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb). "After the rest day I felt a bit better, a bit more recovered," Froome acknowledged.ADVERTISEMENT "I rode that stage the way I wanted to. I didn't take any risks out on the course today especially given what happened in Jerusalem. Maybe I'm lacking a little bit of confidence in the corners, but in terms of power and feelings I was pretty happy about today," he said to a small group of media while warming down. Froome rode a steady stage. He was 24 seconds down on Dennis' benchmark time, and he slipped to 31 seconds behind at the second checkpoint. It was the first time Froome had finished outside of the top three in a late stage Grand Tour TT since the short final test of the Vuelta a España in 2014. Froome lies in fourth after moving past Richard Carapaz (Movistar), Miguel Ángel López (Astana) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ). He is 39 seconds off Domenico Pozzovivo's (Bahrain-Merida) third place on overall classification and 3:50 behind an increasingly secure-looking Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who said he had ridden the best long time trial of his career.
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