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Juan Ayuso won the seventh stage of the Giro d’Italia on Friday as Primoz Roglic moved top of the overall standings.<\/b><\/p>\n
UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider Ayuso powered away from the group of general classification contenders over the top of the final climb to win his first Grand Tour stage by four seconds. <\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Spaniard’s team-mate Isaac del Toro of Mexico was four seconds behind him in second, with Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) denying Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Roglic the final place on the podium.<\/p>\n
However, 2023 Giro champion Roglic took over the overall leader’s pink jersey from Mads Pedersen, with the Danish classics rider losing touch as expected on the final climb.<\/p>\n
“It’s my fourth Grand Tour. I’ve been very close [to a stage win] but I never managed to pull it off,” Ayuso said.<\/p>\n
“To finally do it today in my first Giro d’Italia is something super special and I will always remember. I let others start attacking then when I saw my distance, I went for full gas to the finish.”<\/p>\n
Great Britain’s Max Poole of Picnic PostNL was ninth on Friday, with the 22-year-old moving up to fifth overall.<\/p>\n
The 168km stage from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo was the first mountain stage of the 2025 edition and saw the contenders for the general classification come to the fore.<\/p>\n
Stage eight on Saturday is a similar medium mountain stage from Giulianova to Castelraimondo over 197km.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n