Giro d'Italia: Zakarin bounces back on Oropa

After his Blockhaus disappointment, Ilnur Zakarin reminded the peloton he will be a rider to watch in the third week of the Giro d'Italia after his second place finish at Oropa. The result was Zakarin's second runner-up placing on a mountain finish in the 100th Giro, after Mt Etna on stage 4, and lifts the Katusha-Alpecin rider from tenth to fifth place.

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