Majka improves to fifth overall
Starting the stage 15 Giro d'Italia time trial from Castelrotto to Alpe di Siusi in sixth place overall, Rafal Majka improved one place to enter the top-five for the first time in the race this year. The Polish climber finished in tenth place, 1:09 minutes down on stage winner Alexander Foliforov (Gazprom-Rusvelo).
"It was a tough stage today and I just gave everything I could, but suffered. It has been a few hard days and the rest day comes at a good time tomorrow. There are still a lot of opportunities ahead and it was good to climb another spot on GC today," said the Tinkoff rider.
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It was the third straight day that Majka had finished inside the top-ten as he continues to improve his standing on the general classification. Majka was seventh on his Giro debut in 2013, coming back a year later and improving to sixth but skipped last year's race to race the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana where he finished in third place overall.
Sports director Tristan Hoffman explained it was a good ride from Majka after the previous day's queen stage and expects the 26-year-old to rest up before the crucial and decisive final week of the race.
"As expected the outcome of today was quite like yesterday, some of the GC guys were faster, some slower, but Rafal rode a good time trial and gave it everything he had," Hoffman said. "Tomorrow we've got the rest day, which is coming at a good time I think for the guys, as it has been a tough few days, then the race hits the mountains again on Tuesday and we'll be ready to go again."
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