Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo Bank) has tightened his grip on the Giro d’Italia. The Spaniard overcame a puncture to finish third on Stage 16, a mountainous, 177-km ride from Pinzolo to Aprica. Mikel Landa (Astana), who began the Giro as a worker bee for teammate Fabio Aru, won the stage in 5:02:51, with Steven Kruiswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Contador finishing second and third, respectively, at 0:38. Contador has extended his overall lead to more than four minutes.

Mikel Landa (Astana) has won Stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia. The Spaniard surged past Yury Trofimov (Katusha) in the last 500 meters to win the mountainous, 165-km ride from Marostica to Madonna di Campiglio in 4:22:35. Trofimov settled for second at 0:02, and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo Bank) finished third at 0:05. Contador has extended his overall lead in the Giro.