Joe Dombrowski (Cannondale) was still angry with himself after finishing the stage to Andalo, knowing that he had perhaps missed out on a chance to win a mountain stage at the Giro d'Italia. He could only look on it as a lesson learned for the future.
The 25-year-old American impressed with eighth place in Sunday's mountain time trial and appears to be Cannondale's strongest rider after Rigoberto Uran was slowed by bronchitis.
Dombrowski showed his abilities by making the selection with race leader Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) and other overall contenders on the Passo della Mendola, as Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) struggled with 65km still to race. However as the road flattened but the speed stated high, Dombrowski lost contact in a split second. He tried to chase but eventually sat up, shouting at himself in anger for losing contact.
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Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) went on to win the stage ahead of Kruijswijk after further attacks cracked Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) at the end of a aggressive and intense day of racing.
"It sounds stupid to make into the break on the climb and then get dropped on he flat but that's what happened," Dombrowski told Cyclingnews post-stage.
"There was a lot of jumping and everyone was taking each other off the back to make people pull. At one point a gap opened and I just couldn't close it. When I saw the break ride away from me and I thought: I'm an idiot."
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