Other than Chad Haga’s two top 20 finishes in the time trials no American had finished higher than 23rd in a stage of the Giro d’Italia so far. That changed in a big way on Tuesday as Nathan Brown posted a fourth place finish on the competitions first day back from a rest day. There was a lot of separation at the front as Brown was 1:53 back of the winner and over a half minute behind third place. Brown moved into the top 50, now sitting at 42nd and 26:56 back. For the first time in the Giro d’Italia there were two Americans in the top 50 of a stage as Joe Dombrowski was 40th, 4:29 back. Dombrowski is now in 50th place, 31:51 back. Haga made it three in the top 100 as he placed 75th and moved into the top 100 in 85th. Ian Boswell still sits in the top 100 overall in 90th.
Wednesday will be a 141-mile medium-mountain stage.
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