Thomas back in pink as Almeida wins stage 16 of Giro d'Italia

Ineos rider Geraint Thomas took back the leader's jersey in the Giro d'Italia even though he lost out on Tuesday's stage 16 win, crossing the line just after UAE Team Emirates' Joao Almeida at the top of Monte Bondone.

The two riders were part of a group of six which included another overall race favourite Primoz Roglic, that hunted down the breakaway on the 203km mountainous stage before snapping off with five kilometres to go.

It marks Almeida's first victory in a major Tour but denied Thomas, the 2018 Tour de France winner, his first stage win in the Giro. "I knew I was feeling good and I took the risk to go for it. If you don’t try, you don’t know. I tried and I achieved it – so I’m very happy for the team. "It would have been nice to win the stage but I had to keep riding, I didn’t want to be caught playing cat and mouse with Joao, with Roglic behind," said Thomas.

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