Egan Bernal stays in pink after day of Giro d’Italia attrition

Overall leader Colombia's Egan Bernal. Picture: AP

Egan Bernal retained the pink jersey as Andrea Vendrame won an attritional stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia from the breakaway in Bagno di Romagna.

Crashes, illness and the affects of Wednesday’s frantic stage across the white gravel roads of Tuscany took their toll as six riders abandoned the race during the course of its second longest stage — covering 212km and 3,700 metres of climbing from Siena.