Denmark's Lars Ytting Bak, of the Lotto-Belisol team, took his first win in a grand tour on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia yesterday, after breaking with 1.7km to go.
Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain and the Katusha team remained the overall leader.
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