Afonso Eulálio defies expectations to keep Giro lead as Filippo Ganna dominates time trial

MASSA, Italy (AP) — Afonso Eulálio surprisingly remained in the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia after Tuesday's lengthy individual time trial, which was won in dominant fashion by Filippo Ganna of Italy.

No one could come close to Ganna, a time trial specialist who completed the flat, 42-kilometer (26-mile) route along the coast from Viareggio to Massa in 45 minutes, 53 seconds.

Thymen Arensman was second, 1:54 behind Ganna, with Rémi Cavagna another five seconds back.

Pre-race favorite Jonas Vingegaard, who is also an expert time trialist, was expected to move into the overall lead after the 10th stage, despite starting the day 2:24 behind Eulálio.

However, an impressive ride from the young Portuguese rider — who is relatively untested in time trials — saw Eulálio keep hold of the pink jersey with a 27-second advantage over Vingegaard. Arensman moved into third overall, 1:57 behind Eulálio.

“I suffer, suffer, suffer, but in the final I arrive here and I keep the maglia rosa, it’s incredible,” said Eulálio, who rides for Bahrain Victorious.

“Only in the final the car started to tell me ‘you are close, you are close, you are close to Jonas,’ but when the car tell me you were close, first moment I think OK it’s close, but not to keep the maglia rosa, and in the final (they) started to tell me like 30 seconds and I just continue believing and I went all in, like I did (the rest of) the 40k.”

It was the only time trial in this year’s race. Ganna has won eight Giro stages and all but one have come in time trials but he is also targeting Friday's 13th stage, which ends in his hometown of Verbania.

“From today starts another Giro for Filippo, I want to try to arrive more conservative for this massive goal for me,” Ganna said. “We hope to enjoy tonight a little bit and then we stay focused for the last 14 days.”

Wednesday’s 11th stage is a 195-kilometer (121-mile) route from Porcari to Chiavari that features three categorized climbs.

The 109th men’s Giro ends on May 31 in Rome.

The women’s Giro runs from May 30-June 7 with Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini as the defending champion.

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Italy's Filippo Ganna celebrates on the podium after winning the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Viareggio to Massa, Italy, Tuesday May 19, 2026. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)

Portugal's Afonso Oliveira Eulalio wears the pink jersey of the race overall leader as he stands on the podium after completing the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Viareggio to Massa, Italy, Tuesday May 19, 2026. (Fabi Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)

Portugal's Afonso Oliveira Eulalio crosses the finish line to complete the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Viareggio to Massa, Italy, Tuesday May 19, 2026. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard pedals during the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Viareggio to Massa, Italy, Tuesday May 19, 2026. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Portugal's Afonso Oliveira Eulalio competes during the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Viareggio to Massa, Italy, Tuesday May 19, 2026. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Italy's Filippo Ganna pedals during the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Viareggio to Massa, Italy, Tuesday May 19, 2026. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

Portugal's Afonso Eulalio starts the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Viareggio to Massa, Italy, Tuesday May 19, 2026. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

LONDON (AP) — Britain's deputy prime minister said Sunday that he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound.

David Lammy, who is also the justice minister, said he challenged Vance in what he described as a “robust” phone call on Saturday. Lammy and Vance have struck up a friendship, based on their religious beliefs and family backgrounds, even though they come from different sides of the political spectrum.

“We had an agreeable conversation because we have got a relationship, but I wanted to make him clear that I disagree with some of the facts that he was asserting and to present the facts to him," Lammy told Sky News.

The call came a day after Vance said in a post on social platform X that there should be “righteous anger” in response to the murder of Henry Nowak, 18, who died in December after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in the English city of Southampton.

Digwa, who is Sikh, falsely claimed to police he was the victim of a racist assault by Nowak, who was white. When police officers arrived, they initially treated the wounded man as a suspect before noticing his injury and trying to resuscitate him.

Vance appeared to blame the murder in part on “the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.”

Lammy said he wanted to “emphasize a number of things” to Vance, including that the killer was British and is now behind bars.

"This has got nothing to do with mass migration," Lammy said.

Digwa, 23, was convicted of murder for stabbing Nowak with an 8-inch (21 centimeter) Sikh dagger and sentenced this week to life in prison with a minimum 21-year term.

The case has been seized on by anti-immigration activists and politicians in the U.K. On Tuesday, police in Southampton were pelted with chairs, cans, rocks and flares after a demonstration over Nowak’s death attended by far-right figures and others.

In a statement issued Friday in response to Vance's comments, Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's office criticized people “trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets.”

The Independent Office for Police Conduct, which investigates allegations of police wrongdoing, is probing the actions of police officers on the scene.

The victim’s father, Mark Nowak, has said the case was not about racism or religion, and that he wanted his son’s death to lead to safer streets and not to be used to create “further division, hatred or tension.”

Lammy also said he told Vance “it’s not helpful to tweet in this way, partly because of what the Nowak family have asked for, and reminded him about their desire not to make this an issue of division and hatred, but to make this an issue of common sense.”

FILE - Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, right, and US Vice President JD Vance fish in a lake in the grounds of Chevening House in Kent, England, Aug. 8, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via AP, File)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as he visits STARK, a leading defence tech company in Swindon, England, Friday, June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)

People gather to protest outside Southampton police station, Southampton, England, Tuesday June 2, 2026, after the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak, a British teenager who was handcuffed despite claiming he was the crime victim. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

In this image taken from PA Video, police and protestors clash during a protest following the death of Henry Nowak, a 18-year-old student stabbed to death with a Sikh kirpan ceremonial by Vickrum Digwa, in Southampton, England, Tuesday June 2, 2026. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP)

Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving on Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)