‘I will fight for it’ – Maglia ciclamino competition heats up as Jhonatan Narváez takes on Paul Magnier in a head-to-head battle for points at the Giro d’Italia

While all eyes were on Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) in the race for the maglia rosa atop the summit of Pila on stage 14, Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was quietly collecting points in his bid to overtake Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) in the hunt for the maglia ciclamino.

Narváez has won three stages of this Giro d’Italia in Cosenza, Fermo and Chiavari and went into stage 14 just 11 points behind maglia ciclamino Magnier, who won two stages in Burgas and Sofia.