Giro d’Italia, sixth stage in Dimare. Lopez is still wearing the pink shirt

What a trip to Scalia, what an uncertainty. Sixth stage of the 105th Giro d’Italia, Palmi-Scalia (Riviera dei Cedri), 192 kilometers: in the last metres, Frenchman Arnaud Demir repeats the victory in Messina and overtakes Australian Caleb Ewan at the end of the photo. Cavendish III and Jeremy IV, Giacomo Nizzolo fifth, once again our best in sprint. The sprint was taken off very well by Dane Morkov at 550m, and then by Cavendish, but Demare bullies out of Ewan’s wheel in the middle and with a kidney shot manages to resist the Australian’s return. After winning seven stages, Demir, aged 30 and under-23 world champion in Copenhagen 2011, became the most successful French player ever, surpassing Anketel and Hinault in sixth. Thus, Demir consolidates its leadership in the points classification.

escape A day of warm sunshine and calm, perfect for cycling, the group gave way to Piedmont Diego Rosa (Eolo-Kometa), fleeing from 22 km to 29 km from the end. In each attack of 141 kilometers Rosa, 33, was also looking for himself after many years of darkness, who finished second in the Giro di Lombardia 2016. This time, all teams took a day of (relative) relaxation, considering what The riders are waiting in the coming days. Teams of sprinters take matters into their own hands ten kilometers from the finish.
classification Young Spaniard Juan Pedro Lopez, 24, remained in the pink jersey on the third day with the leader’s jersey, which is 39″ ahead of German Kamna and 58″ over Estonian Tarami. Britain’s Simon Yates is the default pink jersey for the big names with 16 inches on Almeida, 24 inches on Bardet and Carapaz, 33 inches on Landa; Valverde is at 41 inches and Nibi is at 2’34 inches.

a program From Friday to Sunday there are very demanding triple stages: Friday Diamante-Potenza, 196 km and 4,510 m in altitude through the Lucanian Apennines, arriving on a 13% stretch of Potenza; Saturday Naples – Naples, at an altitude of 153 km and 2,310 metres, with the fearsome Circuit Monte di Procida repeated three times; On Sunday Isernia-Blockhaus, at an altitude of 190 km and 5,000 m, with an ascent to the Blockhaus, climb Merckx, which will be approached from two sides.