Nicolas Roche moves up three places to 16th at the Giro d’Italia

Nicolas Roche moved up three places to 16th on general classification at the Giro d’Italia yesterday after finishing in the same time as stage winner Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal).

The Irish rider was fortunate to be on the right side of a split in the peloton on the run-in to the line in Foligno as those who got caught out lost nine seconds in the race for the pink jersey.

The rather flat seventh stage of the race was always destined to be decided by a bunch sprint and it was German powerhouse Greipel who took the honours for the second time in three days.