A word on the weekend: Dumoulin increases his lead

It was a long weekend here and I was out of town. And I was riding my bike. As such I didn't write anything about the weekend stages of the Giro as they happened. But the major talking point was Tom Dumoulin taking a stage win on Saturday when many felt he might lose time. I walked into a coffee shop mid-ride and got the race on my phone right on time for the final climb. It looked trouble for Big Tom when Nairo Quintana attacked, but the Dutchman did what he does so well and measured his effort. Soon the gap began to reduce and soon he had bridged across. On the run-in he was strongest and finished ahead of Zakarin for stage glory. Quintana coughed up 14 seconds in 4th place. With time-bonuses factored in, Dumoulin increased his lead in the general classification to 2 minute 47 seconds. Not a good sign for his rivals and a real psychological blow on a day they were expected to eat into the Dutchmans so-called time-trial bonus-time.