Team Emirates' Ayuso wins 7th stage, Roglic takes overall lead at Giro

Spain's Juan Ayuso made his move on the climb to the finish to win stage seven of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, his first Grand Tour stage success, with Primoz Roglic moving into the overall lead.

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The first mountain stage of the race, a 168km ride from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo, came down to Ayuso having the legs to get away from his rivals in the final 400 metres, with his UAE Team Emirates-XRG colleague Isaac del Toro coming second.

"It's my fourth Grand Tour, and especially in the two Vueltas a Espana I raced I was sometimes very close, but I never managed to pull it off," Ayuso said.

"So to finally do it today in my first Giro d'Italia is something super special that I will always remember," the 22-year-old added.

Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) was third, denying Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) a place on the podium, but the Slovenian did take the leader's pink jersey from Mads Pedersen, with the Dane losing touch on the final climb.