Giulio Ciccone claimed a third career Giro d'Italia stage victory at the summit finish of Cogne.
Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) added the Alpine stage win to previous Giro joy in 2016 and 2019.
The Italian escaped from former breakaway companions Hugh Carthy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) to ride the final 18 kilometres alone.
Buitrago and Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team) completed the podium on a day when Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) retained his race lead.
Ciccone, Buitrago and Pedrero worked together to cover an early break and the pressed up the Verrogne climb.
Carthy, Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM) and Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) formed a chase group 30 seconds behind, with the former catching the leaders by the time they reached the summit with 40kms remaining.
Ciccone's attack at the base of the final climb cracked Tusveld, Costa and Pedrero, before another burst of acceleration accounted for Buitrago and Carthy.
Despite crashing earlier in the stage, Carapaz leads overall by seven seconds from Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and 30 seconds in front of Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates).
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