Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) - stage winner
We really wanted to break the race up and we wanted create some mischief. That's what we did.
It's a good day for me as I move up in the overall ranking, although I wanted a stage win as a gift for the mechanics, soigneurs, directors, my family... all the people who have helped me overcome the day I had on Saturday because of the altitude. It was only one bad day though. I rode the time trial as well as I could have hoped.
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It's a great feeling to win for the first time at the Giro d'Italia.
Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNl-Jumbo) - race leader
Second yet again! I wanted to give my team a win but it's an ideal situation for the maglia rosa as I'm now three minutes ahead of Esteban Chaves and the others. I was feeling really good so I had to make the best of this short but really hard stage. I had to follow [Vincenzo] Nibali when he attacked early in the stage. I didn't expect so much action the day after the rest day.
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