We expected a change on the overall today, but the race was turned upside down on the steep slopes to Sestola. The big break of the day went all the way to the finish and it was UAE Team Emirates' Joe Dombrowski who fought through the rain to win the stage. Alessandro De Marchi came in just behind to take the pink jersey for the Israel Start up Nation.

Friday's U23 world road race championship sees the cream of the world's young riders line up for 12 laps of the same 14 kilometre circuit the pros will face on Sunday - over 168 kilometre of rolling Danish countryside. The US team will include 20-year old Virginian Joe Dombrowski, who earlier in the autumn produced rides of real quality in Italy's U23 showcase, the Val d'Aosta stage race.