Strava shows just how tough the final metres of Giro d'Italia's Monte Zoncolan really were

Riders climbed through the mist up the murderous climb and obliterated the previous best Strava times

Egan Bernal
(Image credit: Getty/Strava)

Just watching the riders of the Giro d'Italia battle against the gradient up the Monte Zoncolan was enough to feel exhausted, let alone those riding it.

Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-Victorious) zigzagged across the road as he tried in vain to claw back Lorenzo Fortunato (EOLO-Kometa), who held on to take the stage 14 win, while Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) took more time on his general classification rivals.

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