Joe Dombrowski hadn’t finished better than 58th and had finished outside the top 140 twice in the three stages since his run of four straight top 40 finishes. He rebounded in a big way on Saturday finishing the final mountain stage in 3rd place, the best finish by any American on the World Tour this year. Nathan Brown had finished fourth in the 10th stage of this race and Tejay Van Garderen had done the same in the Volta a Catalyuna, but no one had cracked the top three. Dombrowski was 1:17 back of winner Rein Taaramae of Estonia.

Dombrowski wasn’t the only American to find success as Joey Rosskopf, coming off his first sub-90 finish in six stages, finished a season best 33rd, 17:19 back, and Brown made it three in the top 50 for the first time in the event as he finished 41st, 20:17 back. Ian Boswell was 66th and Chad Haga 73rd as the US had all five of their riders in the top 75 for the first time in the Giro d’Italia as well.

Overall Dombrowski moved up a big to 34th overall (1:32:56 back) while Brown stayed in 48th (2:15:18 back). Boswell (71st) and Haga (78th) rose slightly while Rosskopf had the big jump rising 21 spots to 85th.

Things close out on Sunday with a 101 mile flat stage. Don’t expect the standings to change much.

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