2023 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 6 - 28, 2023
Stage 6, May 11, 2023

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Thursday, May 11: Stage 6, Napoli - Napoli, 162 km

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Mads Pedersen wins stage six. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Napoli (Naples) at 2:20 PM, local time: 20C (68F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain.

The race: Clément Russo (Arkea-Samsic) tested positive for Covid 19 and did not start.

Here's the report from Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Napoli – the city that gave this year’s Serie A champions – returned at the Corsa Rosa with a 162km stage that despite its hilly first part, was always expected to culminate in a bunch sprint, given that the final 30 kilometers were completely flat.

Some riders had other ideas and quickly formed a breakaway that made the peloton work hard behind in order to catch them. Despite the fact that only two riders remained off the front with more than twenty kilometers to go, the chasers somehow allowed them to keep a considerable margin which the duo almost carried all the way to the line.

The bunch – where Remco Evenepoel, resplendent in his rainbow jersey, was surrounded by his teammates – found themselves one minute behind with eight kilometers to go, an extra incentive for the breakaway to keep going. It looked like they would make it, only for a late injection of pace at the front of the group to overhaul the duo an agonisingly 300 meters from the line, thus giving the sprinters another opportunity to fight for the win, which went to Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).

“It was a fast stage, but we remained focused all the time, made sure of being at the front on the descents, so we can be content with how things went. I feel better now and hope that things will continue going in the right direction”, said Remco, who retained his place on the podium ahead of the Campo Imperatore summit finish.

Complete results:

Stage 6 photos

162 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.248 km/hr

1	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	3hr 44min 45sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
3	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
5	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
6	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
7	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
8	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
10	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
11	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	s.t.
20	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
21	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
24	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
26	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
27	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
33	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
37	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
39	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
41	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
47	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
50	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
52	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
53	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
57	François Bidard	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
59	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
60	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
64	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
66	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
67	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
71	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
72	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
74	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
75	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
78	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
79	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
80	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
81	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
82	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
84	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
85	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
87	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
88	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
89	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 23sec
91	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
93	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	0:32
94	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
95	Max Kanter	Movistar	0:51
96	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	0:57
97	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	1:30
98	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	3:04
99	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	3:22
100	Florian Stork	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
102	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
103	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
105	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
106	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
107	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
108	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	5:16
110	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	7:06
112	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
113	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
114	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
117	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
118	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	7:20
119	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	9:50
120	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	12:53
122	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
123	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
124	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
125	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
126	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	13:08
127	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	13:54
128	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
129	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
130	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
131	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
132	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
133	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
134	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
135	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	16:06
136	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	s.t.
137	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
138	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
139	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	18:25
140	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
141	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
142	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
143	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
144	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
145	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
146	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
147	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	s.t.
148	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
149	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
150	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
151	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	s.t.
152	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
153	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
154	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
155	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
156	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
157	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
158	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	s.t.
159	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
160	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
161	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
162	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
163	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
164	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
165	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
166	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
167	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	s.t.
168	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
169	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
170	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
171	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	20:15

 

GC after stage 6:

• GC leader: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
• Mountains classification leader: Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ)
• Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

942.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.258 km/hr

1	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	22hr 50min 48sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 28sec
3	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:30
4	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	1:00
5	Primoz Roglic	Jumbo-Visma	1:12
6	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	1:26
7	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Toms Skujins	Trek-Segafredo	1:29
9	Tao Geoghegan Hart	INEOS Grenadiers	1:30
10	Vincenzo Albanese	EOLO-Kometa	1:39
11	Lennard Kämna	BORA-hansgrohe	1:54
12	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:59
13	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	2:15
14	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	2:23
15	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	2:26
16	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	2:32
17	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	2:33
18	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	William Barta	Movistar	2:45
20	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:46
21	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	2:47
22	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	2:52
23	Domenico Pozzovivo	Israel-Premier Tech	3:01
24	Rigoberto Uran	EF Education-EasyPost	3:34
25	Einer Rubio	Movistar	3:35
26	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	4:24
27	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:35
28	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	5:10
29	Lorenzo Fortunato	EOLO-Kometa	5:27
30	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	5:42
31	Laurens Huys	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	6:08
32	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	6:27
33	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	6:35
34	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	6:47
35	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	7:14
36	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	7:41
37	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:49
38	Luis León Sánchez	Astana Qazaqstan	7:51
39	Lars Van Den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	7:52
40	Jonathan Lastra	Cofidis	7:55
41	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	9:01
42	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	9:04
43	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	9:31
44	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	9:31
45	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	10:10
46	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	10:11
47	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	10:32
48	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	10:33
49	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	11:24
50	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	12:20
51	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	12:31
52	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	12:39
53	Bruno Armirail	Groupama-FDJ	13:28
54	Sam Oomen	Jumbo-Visma	13:37
55	Stefano Oldani	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:08
56	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	14:30
57	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	14:45
58	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	15:58
59	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	16:07
60	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	16:14
61	Anton Palzer	BORA-hansgrohe	16:26
62	Magnus Cort	EF Education-EasyPost	16:33
63	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	17:03
64	Nico Denz	BORA-hansgrohe	18:22
65	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:23
66	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	18:32
67	Bob Jungels	BORA-hansgrohe	18:37
68	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	19:34
69	Joe Dombrowski	Astana Qazaqstan	20:12
70	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	20:13
71	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-EasyPost	21:21
72	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	22:29
73	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	22:31
74	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	22:52
75	Mattia Bais	EOLO-Kometa	23:16
76	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	23:23
77	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	24:22
78	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	25:26
79	Marius Mayrhofer	Team DSM	25:39
80	Mads Pedersen	Trek-Segafredo	25:42
81	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	26:21
82	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	26:23
83	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	26:34
84	Erik Bystrøm Sven	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	26:56
85	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	27:03
86	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	27:06
87	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	27:23
88	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	27:57
89	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	28:57
90	Francesco Gavazzi	EOLO-Kometa	30:19
91	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	30:44
92	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	30:51
93	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	31:39
94	Diego Sevilla	EOLO-Kometa	31:49
95	Davide Bais	EOLO-Kometa	31:57
96	Davide Gabburo	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	32:05
97	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	32:11
98	Mirco Maestri	EOLO-Kometa	32:45
99	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	32:47
100	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	33:13
101	Florian Stork	Team DSM	33:32
102	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	33:49
103	José Joaquin Rojas	Movistar	33:50
104	Michel Ries	Arkéa-Samsic	34:42
105	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	35:05
106	Rohan Dennis	Jumbo-Visma	35:11
107	Natnael Tesfazion	Trek-Segafredo	35:44
108	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	36:00
109	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	36:18
110	François Bidard	Cofidis	36:36
111	Erik Fetter	EOLO-Kometa	36:42
112	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	36:51
113	Lukas Pöstlberger	Jayco-AlUla	36:54
114	Cesare Benedetti	BORA-hansgrohe	36:59
115	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	37:12
116	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-Samsic	37:49
117	Martin Marcellusi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	37:52
118	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	38:55
119	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	39:40
120	Carlos Verona	Movistar	39:48
121	Henok Mulubrhan	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	39:52
122	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	40:36
123	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	40:57
124	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:15
125	Albert Torres	Movistar	42:34
126	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	42:41
127	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
128	Maxime Bouet	Arkéa-Samsic	43:11
129	Mikaël Chérel	Ag2r-Citroën	43:21
130	Alex Kirsch	Trek-Segafredo	43:53
131	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	44:19
132	Karel Vacek	Corratec-Selle Italia	44:40
133	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	44:55
134	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	45:07
135	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	45:35
136	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	48:07
137	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	48:15
138	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	49:11
139	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
140	Campbell Stewart	Jayco-AlUla	49:18
141	Niccolo Bonifazio	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	49:37
142	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	49:39
143	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	50:04
144	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	50:23
145	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	50:28
146	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	50:35
147	Davide Ballerini	Soudal Quick-Step	53:17
148	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	53:21
149	Charlie Quarterman	Corratec-Selle Italia	55:39
150	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	55:55
151	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Deceuninck	56:35
152	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	56:47
153	Alexander Konychev	Corratec-Selle Italia	58:27
154	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	58:46
155	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:00:07
156	Gianni Moscon	Astana Qazaqstan	1:00:38
157	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	1:00:52
158	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:01:07
159	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	1:01:24
160	Jonas Iversby Hvideberg	Team DSM	1:01:29
161	Filippo Fiorelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:01:36
162	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	1:01:39
163	Davide Cimolai	Cofidis	1:01:54
164	Nicolas Dalla Valle	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:02:50
165	Alessandro Iacchi	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:03:17
166	David Dekker	Arkéa-Samsic	1:03:51
167	Daan Hoole	Trek-Segafredo	1:06:09
168	Otto Vergaerde	Trek-Segafredo	1:06:35
169	Martijn Tusveld	Team DSM	1:08:33
170	Veljko Stojnic	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:09:14
171	Stefano Gandin	Corratec-Selle Italia	1:10:25

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Stage 6 map & profile:

Giro stage 6 map

Giro stage 6 profile

Giro stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Opening ceremonies: Team Groupama-FDJ is presented.

GC leader Andreas Leknessund

Rigoberto Uran picks up his bike before the stage start.

Andreas Leknessund picks up his bike.

Primoz Roglic

Remco Evenepoel heads to the start.

Vincenzo Nibali, winner of the 2013 & 2016 Giri at the start. He is also one of only 7 racers to win all three Grand Tours.

There were more than a few race fans at the stage start.

In Naples: The peloton gets rolling.

Mads Pedersen wins the stage.

Mads Pedersen just after the stage finish.

Mads Pedersen celebrates his stage win.

Andreas Leknessund remains in pink.