Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) dominated three-time world champion Sagan and his team on stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia.

But in the final 18 km, Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) and Remco Evenepoel (Detunink-Quickstep) competed in an intermediate sprint, with the Belgian gaining 2 seconds and Maria Rosa 1 second.

As a result, Evenepoel closed the gap to Bernal in the overall standings to 14 seconds before Tuesday's first rest day, with both riders further ahead of Alexandre Vlasov (21 seconds behind Bernal's lead) in third place overall.

"I just followed Pippo [Filippo Ganna]. I was just following Pippo [Filippo Ganna]. In the end, it was easy to get behind him, I took a second off, but I didn't do anything.

"We're here to enjoy the race.

By the time the intermediate sprint came around in Campello sul Crituno, most of the sprinters in the race had been done in by Sagan and his teammates. They set a furious pace on the early climbs, with Tim Merlier (Alpecin Phoenix) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Team Cubeca ASSOS) the early victims.

"It was really hard, actually. Bora did a great job on the uphill and it was a really hard pace. I think everyone was full of gas. It was harder than we expected in the morning," Bernal said.

The peloton raced towards the intermediate sprint, with Deceuninck taking the lead, but Filippo Ganna pulled Bernal back into contention.

But the Evenpoel team pulled the two back just in front of the line. Suddenly, Narvaez broke free and was fast enough to give up the lead to Evenpoel, with Bernal finishing third.

The Giro d'Italia was still in its first rest day, with the toughest terrain still to come in weeks two and three.