Despite appearing out of the running for the Giro d’Italia, Jurgen Van den Broeck has warned both the media and his fans to not write off his chances of a good final GC result, saying he can make up time in the hard last week.

"It's not over yet, an the race hasn’t really begun. How often do riders in the final week come back? And it's not that I'm already an hour down," he told Sporza.

"We have had preliminary short, explosive climbs so far. That's not my thing. There are riders now in front of me in the standings, but in the real mountains I’ll be with the leaders."