Simon Yates, Carapaz won in pink after the 14th period of the Giro

The Olympic champion, Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos), wore the leader’s pink jersey after its long stretch of 147 kilometers that resulted in huge gaps.

Yates, who has already won the second round of the time trial in Hungary, has achieved his sixth round of victory in the Giro.

The Briton (29) lost in the standings on Sunday at the Blockhaus. The 2018 Vuelta winner will focus on stage wins.

On the line, Yates defeated a trio of counter-attacks by about fifteen seconds. Australian Jai Hindley took second place ahead of Carapaz and Italian veteran Vincenzo Nibali (37).

Spaniard Juan Pedro Lopez, at the top of the classification since the 4th period at Etna, was defeated by more than four minutes.

Lopez resigned on the penultimate climb, in an attack from Carapaz that brought 28 kilometers from the finish. The Ecuadorian then rose and was joined on the last ascent by Hindley and Nibali, then Yates.

The race began to take shape with the first of two Superga climbs, the hill overlooking Turin, about 80 kilometers from the finish. Under the impetus of the Bora team (especially the Kelderman), the riders in the overall classification took the lead except for the Portuguese Joao Almeida, who finally returned, the French Guillaume Martin and the Spanish Alejandro Valverde.

In the provisional overall classification, Carapaz is now ahead of Hindley by 7 seconds and Almeida by 30 seconds. Spaniard Mikel Landa was in fourth place, 59 seconds behind.

Carapaz, 28, won the 2019 Giro while racing for the Movistar team. He climbed the podium of the Tour de France last year (3rd) before winning the Olympic title at the Tokyo Olympics.

On Sunday, the 15th stage arrives at an altitude (1611 m) in the Aosta Valley. The 177-kilometer route includes two climbs in the first category before the last climb, which is classified as the second category, up to Cogne.