Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) continued to smile after the hectic finale of stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia to Bergamo, knowing he will enjoy the third and final rest day in the maglia rosa on Monday, with a healthy, if not dominant, overall lead before the decisive mountain stages in the Alps and Dolomites.
While his rivals are looking for every possible chance to pull back minutes and seconds wherever they can, Dumoulin even sportingly slowed the peloton after Nairo Quintana crashed on a corner on the descent of the Selvino. He waved his hand to the other riders, convincing them to wait for the Colombian to chase and get back on.
Last weekend on the Blockhaus, Quintana's Movistar team showed far less regard for their rivals and stayed on the front of the peloton but Dumoulin insisted on fair play in the peloton. He also played down any suggestion that his tight grip on the pink jersey means he is the 'capo' of the Giro d'Italia peloton.
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"I don't need to be the boss of the peloton, I don't think that way. I think it's normal to wait for a rival when they fall, particularly at a time like that on the descent," he said, even if Quintana then sprinted for the stage victory and pulled back six seconds thanks to finishing second behind Bob Jungels.
"I don't want to take time on competitors because they crash. I don't think that's the way to do it. It's true that sometimes the race is on but not this time moment. I think it was a good moment to wait for him."
Dumoulin explained that the Movistar team was pushing the pace on the descent when the crash happened.
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