Hello 𓂃and welcome to our live coverage of stage 6 of thꦗe Giro d'Italia.

We're around an hour from the start of stage 6, which is🔯 expected to be another day for the sprinters inღ Napoli.

Aside from the fight for the stage win, all eyes will be on Remco Evenepoel today. The Belgian was caught in two crashes yesterday and was banged up at the finish. He's definitely taking the start to♏day.

Here's what Soudal-QuickStep's team doctor had to say on the wo♏rld champion's condition following stage 5...

"Remco has a lot of pain on his right side and a hematoma with contraction of his muscles and some problems with his sacrum bone. Hopefully, with some good massage and osteopathic treatment followed by a good night's rest, things will go better. We will kn🗹ow more Thursday morning, but what's sure is that stage six will be a difficult one for him.

Meanwhile, team boss Patrick Lefevere said in a radio interview after the stage that there wasn't enough control over the stray dogs☂ along the route during the stage. A loose dog caused the crash that took Evenepoel down the first time.

"I don't want to exaggerate now, but I was on the course before and I thought I was in Colombia," he told Belgium's Radio 1.&nbs🦋p;"I've seen at least 15 stray dogs along the streets. You can experience this kind of situation in southern Italy and it cannot be solved.

"As a rider you can𒊎't take that into account, but you have to count on the goodwill of the police and the public, that they understand what the danger a dog can be and that they chase it💝 away."

There were plenty of crashes on the stage, from Evenepoel's early spill to another at 7km out which saw Primož Roglič, Fernando Gaviria, and eventual stage winner Kaden Groves held up.

Then there was 𓄧the mass pileup at 2.💙4km to go which took down Evenepoel again, as well as Aleksandr Vlasov and Hugh Carthy. Finally, a sprint skirmish, for which Alberto Dainese was relegated, saw Mark Cavendish spectacularly crash across the line.

Cavendish, Evenepoel, Roglic sent sprawling on rainy Giro d'Italia stage 5

Dog sparks Remco Evenepoel crash at Giro d'Italia - Video

So far, there have bee🍎n no confirmed abandons from a🦋ny of the crashes.

AG2R Citroën rider Andrea Vendrame looked in the worst shape of the riders who went down. He was stretchered away from tꦺhe finish line crash and suffered a shoulder separation but his team have confirmed that he'll continue the race today.

Not quite a clean bill of health🎶 in the peloton, then. There'll be plenty of aching bodies out on the 162km course today.

One rider who will be missing out on the action is Arkéa-Samsic's Clément Russo. The Frenchman is the first COVID-19 positive of the race and won't start ꦰtoday's stage.

Giro d'Italia hit by first COVID-19 case as Clément Russo leaves race

Primož Roglič said he was thankful for "super good luck" after crashing 7km from the finish during 🉐yesterday's stage.

The Slovenian GC contender was able to make it back to the peloton before the finish and avoided the rest of t🐻he carnage during the day. He came through with a hit to the leg but no further injuries.

Napoli hosts the Giro d'Italia for the 67th tim📖e today. The stage will both start and end in the southern city, heading south around Mount Vesuvius and looping around the Sorrentine Peninsula before finishing back in the city.

The Giro last visited Napoli a year ago, with Thomas De Gendt coming out on top from a ꦰ14-man break as Lotto teammate Harm Vanhoucke took fourth.

10 years ago, Napoli hosted the Grande Partenza with a 130km sprint stage. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish took the win ahead of Elia Viviani and Nacer Bou𓃲hanni – the f🌌irst of five at the race, where he won the points jersey in Brescia.

The Manx🌳man will be hoping for a 17th career Giro stage win toda𝔍y if he's recovered from the big bang he took at the finish yesterday.

20 minu♉tes now until the riders roll out to hit the 9.5km neutral zone in Napoli.

The crowds in Napoli should be in fine form today after the city's football team, S💖SC Napoli, celebrated their first Scudetto in Serie A s♚ince 1990 a week ago.

The city🥂 bore witness to wild scenes as thousands of fans flooded the streets to celebrate their club's third league title in the🅠ir 96-year history.

Former footballer Remco Evenepoel got into the spirit of things at sign-on today. He's clearly recoverin♑g well from yesterday's𒁏 crashes, then...

Soudal-QuickS⛄tep🍸 doctor Toon Cruyt said that Evenepoel is doing well following the events of stage 5.

"He had a good night. He slept well and the treatments🤪 that the osteopath and the kineo did last night worked well. We'll see how he reacts on the bike but I hope that he'll be OK. It depends on how the race develops – if it's like this, then it's an advantage compared to rain when there can be crashes.  We should avoid that now.

"Usually the first two da🌠ys are important but if he passes well today, I think he'll be OK for tomorrow. Often they say that the second day is the worst but it's often also a mental thing. Remco doesn't have this mental problem. 10 minutes after his crash, he was ready to fight again."

A video of Evenepoel doing keepy-ups on stage from Soudal-QuickStep press offi🧸cer 𒊎Phil Lowe...

Meanwhile, Alberto Dainese and Mark Cavendish caught up ahead of the stage and agreed to put the crash at the end of stage 5 behind them, Teamꦕ DSM reports.

Just a few minutes before the riders roll out to start an🗹d Remco Evenepoel has spoken at the mixed zone i🐬n Napoli.

"It's not nice [to crash], especially early in the Giro like this. I have some pain in the back, some big bruises. I have a big bl๊ack spot on my back, which is some blood.

"But yeah, it's life, it's racing. You have to deal with it and try to handle the p🎉ain as good as possible and to relax as much as possible because I think I need a lot of energy noew to heal froꦇm the wounds. But until now, everything feels pretty well, so I'm happy with the feeling.

"I just hope I don't h🐷ave a bad day [on Gran Sasso d'Italia] because last year in the Vuelta, two days ꦜafter I had a bad day. We'll see, it's good that today is a hard day, so that my legs will be pushing and turning. First today and then tomorrow."

Filippo Ganna pleases the local crowds by holding up a Napoli Dieg൲o Maradona scarf on stage.

The riders are off to start stage🧸 6 in warm weather and under blue, but cloudy, skies.

A 9.5km run through the neutral zone now.

A gentle start to the stage 🌠after the carnage♛ of yesterday's wet day.

171 riders start to🌌day. Russo is the only man missing from the peloton.

Giro d'Italia: Remco Evenepoel ready to suffer through 'back pain and big bruises'

World champion says he's 'happy with the feeling' the morning after stage 5 cra🤡shes

Gianni Moscon g🌜ets a bike change in the neutral zone. He has a cut on his right elbow and looks to have crashed.

Trek-Segafr🅷edo rider Otto Vergaerde was ꦇalso involved. Both men back up and running.

And now a wheel change for Niccol&og🐠rave; Bonifazio (Intermarché-Circus-Wan💝ty).

We're still waiting for the riders to reach the end of what is n🎉ow an extended neutral zone following the various hold ups.

Now maglia c🎀iclamino Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) has slowed down ▨with some kind of problem.

The sprinter gets a front wh♉eel change. It sounded like his front disc brake was rubbing as he slowed down.

Milan gets back 🦩on and finally the flag drops to start the st🌺age.

158km to go

Riders from EF, Eolo, Bardiani,🐷 Ark&eacu☂te;a all active at the front from the start.

Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) on the move.

The Swiss time trial specialist is leading the attacking at the front ear💜ly on.

Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco-AlU🐼la) now on the move off the front.

A spill in the peloton sees Milan go down along with Jay Vine and Fernando Gaviria. The t🔯rio look to be OK, though.

152km to go

De Marchi still out front on his own as a larger group chases 🐻from behind. The gaps are small, though.

Meanwhile, Gaviria g𝔉ets a bike change following the crash.

38-year-old Francesco Gavazzi (Eolo-Kometa) has joined 36-year-old De Marchi out fron🐷t now. 

Filippo Fiorelli (Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizané) and Daan Hoole (Trek-Segafredo) out the baܫck of the𝔍 peloton as Gaviria speeds past behind his team car.

148km to go

A rise in the road and Alexandre Delettre (Cofidis) attacks along with Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) A💃lessandro Verre (Arkéa-Samsic), and Charliꦯe Quarterman (Corratec-Selle Italia).

Six men out front at the moment and now teams are blockinꦚg at the head of the peloton.

The peloton is slowing up now.

So it's De Marc🍸hi, Gavazzi, Clarke, Delettre, Quarterman, and Verre out front.

Verre is still chasing on.

And now a bike♐ change for Ignat𝔍as Konovalovas (Groupama-FDJ).

The jersey holders at the start of today's stage – Milan, Pinot, Leknessund, and Arensman (fourth in the yout𒈔h classification).

Gree𓆉n Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè missed the breakaway and they send a rider on the attack but it's no good as he can't get away.

Küng is once again trying ♈a move at the front of the peloton.

139km to go

The breakaway is 1:30 up the road.

Verre is still chasing. It doesn't look like anyone else will be escaping the pelꦿoton.

Jan Hirt (ಞSoudal-QuickStep) stops with a puncture and gets a bike ch𓆉ange.

Another wheel ch♒ange for Milan. Not a great start to the stage for the maglia c🍒iclamino...

132km to go

Things are settling down now. 🔴Verre is still chasing th༺e lead quintet, though.

Three minutes betw🌳een break and peloton as Verre lies a🔯round 40 seconds back.

The riders aren't far away from 🎐the first intermediate sprint of the day at Sant'Antonio Abate now.

Tඣeam DSM and Alpecin-Deceuninck lead the way in the pel🍬oton.

127km to go

Quarterman leads Gavazzi and Cl൲arke over the sprint. No contest in the breakaway.

Verre, meanwhile, only looks to be losing time now. It doesn't look like he'💃ll get across🀅.

Just the 2 and 1 points up for grabs in 🌃the peloton.

Mads Pedersen dashes out of tꦍhe peloton♋ ahead of the sprint.

Michael Matthews, Kaden Groves, and Jonathan Milan all went wꦰith him.

Pedersen took two points there. It looked like Matthews was s✤econd to take the last point.

122km to go

Next up, it's the first of two climbs on the stage, the secꦡond-category Valico di Chiunzi.

The break are 𝄹just about to hit the base ꦛof the climb.

The Vali🐲co di Chiunzi (8.3km at 6.3%) is a second-category climb, so offers 18🦂 points for the first man over the top.

It's not a famed climb of the race but was notable in the 1997 Giro. Lying on stage 🐼4, after a week of Mario Cipollini and Pavel Tonkov trading stage wins and the maglia rosa, the climb spelt the end of Marco Pantani's race. The legendary climber went down along with several riders, including Alexandre Moos, Hernan Buenahora and Armin Meier after a white cat ran out across the road as the group descended at 85kph. 

Pantani was lying fifth at the time, 1:31 down on Tonkov. The cat was even less fortunate, with of the incident describing the unfortunate feline as "having the glassy ey𒀰es of someone who would never reach the other side of the road."

"Why does it always happen to me?" Pantani said after the crash. "Why is it always me who has to get hurt? I don't want to think abo🎃ut the future. I was in the Giro and that's all I'd been thinking about for seven months.

"I'd rather have been beaten by rivals, not by mis♑fortune. I don't just want to be remembered as a rider with terrible luck."

He would, of course, go on to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:win the Giro d'Italia and the Tour the next year. You can read . 

120km to go

Five minutes from the breakawa🐭y now as they take on the climb.

Verre still hanging in there inꦬ between break and peloton.

Gavazzi leads the breakaway on the way up.

Clarke, Delettre, Q🎀uarterman, De March♊i still with him.

DSM, Trekᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤🌺⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ-Segafredo, Bora-Hansgrohe, and Jumbo-Visma at the head of the peloton at the moment.

The break of the♚ day shortly 🐎after they jumped away from the peloton.

Nice weather back then but now it's starting💟 to rain as the riders work their way uphill.

114km to go

5:25 for the breakaway now.

The breakaway riders are cominꦚg close to th♛e top of the climb now.

18, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 points on offer at the top💃🍌 of the climb.

Ineos ꩵGrenadiers take over at the front of the peloton with a change of pace.

Mark Cavendish is out the rear of ꦍthe group, meanwhile. He's with sev🧸eral of his Astana Qazaqstan teammates.

A trio of veterans lead the w🐻ay over the top of ✃the climb. Gavazzi ahead of Clarke and De Marchi.

Meanwhile✨, more riders drop out the rear of the peꦿloton. Ineos have cut 30 seconds off the breakaway's advantage since taking to the front.

Alessandro Verre crosses the top of the climb now for one KOM point. He's perꦅsevering but going nowꩵhere.

Gavazzi's 18 points at the top catapult him up to fourth in the mountain classificatꦬion. He's still some way off maglia azzurra 🏅Thibaut Pinot's 40 points, though.

We've got everything you need to know about the race for the maglia azzurra, as well as 🔯the other jerseys and the minor♍ competitions. There's also a complete history of Giro d'Italia competitions and a rules explainer.

Giro d'Italia classifications, jerseys and rules explained

109km to go

4:15 between the break and peloto𓃲n now as they tackle the damp descen𒐪t.

A short descent and now an unclassified rise to the Colle San Pietro. Then the riders will take on a longer descent to 🀅the Amalfi c﷽oast.

Front wheel puncture for Mikaël Cherel.

Two minutes from the br💧eak to Verre. 3:4🌟5 to the peloton.

The peloton racing through Napo🎀li b♑efore, passing under the banners celebrating their Serie A victory.

Ineos Grenadiers contin🧔ue to push a hard ♕pace here, shaving more and more time from the breakaway's lead.

So꧃me drier roads on the way down the Colle San Pietr🦂o.

98km to go

The riders are in𒆙to the final 100km of the day now. 3:30 to the break.

A shot of the peloton taking on the c🏅ไlimb earlier on.

Quarterman is slightly off the rear of the breakaway on the way d꧅own. Maybe just keeping a safe distance in case of any crashes in ꧒front, or just taking it easier on a tricky descent.

The riders are almost down in Amalfi now.

It's a nice-looking place...

Eolo-Kometa pa♉ir Vincenzo Albanese and Mattia Bais stop in the town to sort out a mechanical problem.

Ineos have turned off the pace a little. From ඣa maximum gap of five minutes, it had come down to 3:20. It now stand🧸s at 3:40.

Bahrain Victorious and Jumbo-Visma are up front in the peloto൲n alongside Ineos Grenadiers now.

Very picturesque views of the peloton ꧋as they work their way along the Amalfi coast. The area was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

UAE Team Emirates now taking it up at the fr🌟ont with R🌠yan Gibbons.

89km to go

Verre is brought back by the pel🌼oton after h🍌is futile chase.

A shot from the TV helicopterꦦ 💫of the peloton winding their way along the twisting coast road.

It's hilly▨ ground on this lengthy coastal stretch. Not much flat ground or straight road.

85km to go

3💝:55 for the breakaway now as the time gap goes back out.

It seems like a number of sprinters are back in the peloton. C🐓avendish isn't, howev♔er. The British champion is at 5:40 from the break and two minutes down on the peloton.

Up front, the five men ﷽of the breakaway continue to plough on towards the final climb of the day, the third-category Picco Sant'Angelo.

Quarter🍸man and Delettre are making their Giro d'Italia debuts thi𝕴s year.

T♉he veterans Clarke, De Marchi, and Gavazzi, however, have 19 Gi🌠ro d'Italia starts between them.

The trio have multiple Giro stage podiums between t🀅hem over the years. 

De Marchi was a runner-up to Joe Dombrowski in Sestola two year♓s ago and also took a second ꦓand third place in the mountains at the 2012 race.

Also in 2021, Gavazzi was se🌌cond behind Victor Lafay in Guardia Sanframondi. He has a couple of third places all the way back in 2009 on his palmarès, too.

Clarke, meanwhile, has a 2015 team time trial win with Orica-GreenEdge to his name as well as a second place lꦉater in t𓄧he race and a third place in Cesenatico in 2020.

77km to go

3:25 for the breakaway. It seems unlikely that the elder statesmen of the bꦇreak will be adding to their list of podium places with a number of teams in the peloton interested in going for the stage.

They're still going u🍸p and down on the coast road.

Heading west over the S🔥orrentine Peninsula, the riders have passed through Positano and are on the way to Sorr🧜ento.

Aꦐ view of Positano, where the riders have just passed.

2:30 between the pelot♏on and Cavendish at the moment. 

Long way round – Charlie Quarterman's circuitous route to the Giro d'Italia

"When you hear about the wildcard, you start thinking about the Giro directly, even though it's months away. From that moment onwards, I felt a little bit more pressure, and that's what made it hurt more when I was lying in the back🃏 of the ambulance.

69km to go

Th꧂e gap to the breakaway goes under three m꧒inutes for the first time.

9, 4, 2, 1 points on o𝔍ffer for the breakaway on the next climb. T꧒hey'll be at the top soon.

There's movement in the breakaway now as t🌠hey race up the hill of꧟ Picco Sant'Angelo.

De Marchi and C💃lark🔯e have attacked their breakaway companions!

Quarterman is off the back.

Gavazzi and Delettre can't keep up either.

Final kilometre of the climb for Clarke🔯 and𒁏 De Marchi here.

De Marchi leads Clarke over the top to take nine KOMꦅ poi💙nts.

2:20 from the 💦pair back to t🧔he peloton. Cavendish is another five minutes back.

62km to go

Clarke 🌄and De Marchi still clear on the way down the other side.

Delettre is leading the chಞase at some 15 seconds back. Gavazzi and Quar🅠terman further back.

The peloton race along the coast roaꩲd with the Tyrrhenian Sea be🔴hind them.

Down into Sorrento for the breakaway now. The second and fina💦l intermediate sprint is coming up.

Delettre, Quarterman, and Gavazzi are together in the chase but they're 1:2ꦿ3 down on the two leaders.

54km to go

The peloton is at 2:30 down. Cavendis♌h is at 9:20.

Clarke leads De Marchi over the s𒁏print point. Gavazzi takes the final bonus second.

Simon Clarke has won stages at the Tour de France and Vuelta a Esp🗹aña before, so he's going for a completion of the Grand Tour trilogy here.

Alessandro De Marchi, meanwhile, has three Vuelta stage wins to his name, so this would be🦩 his first outside the Spanish race.

A reminder of today's official stage profile. The riders are past the hard♊est terrain of the day and it's mostly flat from here on out.

Delettre, Quart🍨erman, and Gavazzi aren't far off being caught by the peloton now. They fel🐓l back into the clutches of the group very quickly.

48km to go

And now it's over for the trio.

DSM, Trek, QuickStep, UAE leading the peloton.

We don't know which sprinters are in the💙 peloton, but most of the big names should be in there. Cavendish might be the only one missing.

Pedersen, ܫMatthews, Gaviria, Dai♒nese, Groves, Milan are all in the peloton.

Arne Marit is in 🧔Cavendish's group bu⛎t we don't have confirmation on any other riders back there – they're over 11 minutes down now.

40km to go

Clarke and De Marchi continue withꦉ 2:30 on the peloto🍷n.

They're holding the gap well on these roads, which are s🍨till twisting around the coast.

Trek-Segaf🍬redo's Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier is working on the front of the peloton but he isnꦐ't getting a ton of help at the moment.

Natnael T🗹esfatsion joins him at the front. Jasha Sütterlin (Bahrain Victorious) is up there, to♕o.

Florian Stork 💟also contributing to the pacemaking for Team DSM.

The riders race into Castellammare di Stabia wi✃th 2:25 ♔separating the break and peloton.

33km to go

It's still the same mix of teams le🍬ading t🌸he peloton – Trek, DSM, Bahrain.

Clarke and De Marchi are still working well together. The pꦗair of breakaway specialists have done all this before, of co꧃urse.

Clarke has seven career wins to his name. The biggest, and most recent, of those came last July when he raced glory from the break over the Roubaix cobbles on stage 5 of the Tour de France.

The most recent of De Marchi's six career wins came at Tre Valli Varesine two years ago. The latest of his three Vuelta stage wins came at Ribeira Sacra/Luíntra as the strongest man from the break on stage 11 in 2018.

27km to go

2:15 now for the duo.

They're holding on well so far on th🐭is r💦un back towards Napoli.

They're heading back u⭕p the coast, south of Mount Vesuvius, in the opposite di💎rection of the northern road they took earlier.

Ghebreigzabhier leads ꦑthe peloton. He's been joined by more and more riders and teams as the kilometres tick by.

Alpecin-Deceuninck are also working at the front now. A plethora of spriꦯnter's teams in charge.

The riders are past Pompeii and Torre Annunziata. Pretty soon t🃏hey'll be speeding bac𒀰k into Napoli from the south.

Movistar also have a man at the head of the peloton in Car🧜los Verona.

Stage w♈inners Jonathan Milan, Michael Matthews, and Kaden Groves will be among the favourites for victory.

So too will Mads Pedersen, Fernando Gaviria, 🥀Pascal Ackermann, and Alberto Dainese, among others.

Mark Cavendish is well out of it, of cours🦩e. Arne Marit (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and David Dekker (Arkéa-Samsic) is also not in contention.

23km to go

The breakꦉ's advantage dips under two minutes fo🅘r the first time. 

De Marchi and Clarke out ⛄on the road. They're really battling to stay away here.

20km to go

Into the final 20km of the stage and it's down to 1:35 for the two l𒁏eaders.

They're riding into a headwi🅷nd now. Not gꦅood for the break.

A nice shot of the riders tackling tꩲhe hilly coastal section earꦛlier on.

18km to go

1:25 now for the two leaders.

🍸Through the towns of Ercolano and then Portici. Then the re-entry into Napoli.

Ineos Grenad💟iers are back on the front of the peloton.

17km to go

1:15 for the breakaway duo.

Primož Roglič has stopped!

The Slovenian gets a quick bike 🍬change and is back up and 🤡running.

Roglič had a mechanical problem. He had a tear on his shorts, though, indicating he's been on the ground at some point today.

15km to go

Several Jumbo-Visma riders drop back to help Roglič.

They're fighting back through the car convoy behind the ♒peloton.

Far from i♓deal timing as the riders head back into 🌞the Neapolitan city streets.

Dennis and Gloag with Roglič.

13km to go

Roglič has made it back to the rear of the peloton now. Dennis is slowing, though, possibly with a mechanical of his own.

Meanwhile, De Marchi and Clarke hold a gap of 1:10 as they bunnyhop over some unmarked road furniture heading around a corner🐲.

12km to go

Trek, Alpecin, Movistar, Ineos, Bahrain 𓆉all up front in the peloton.

Geraint Thomas has a problem now!

He's stop𓄧ped and is fixing his chain on that sketchy corner.

Now he faces a chase back on.

11km to go

Under a minute to the break now.

Ineos will send a few men back to help Thomas.

We've just seen this shot of Mark Cavendishꦡ on the ground earlier today. That's why he's so far back.

9km to go

55 seconds...

Thomas 🌳has two men with him as he battl𒆙es back to the peloton.

Now another man drops back to help – Gaꦉnna, Puc🀅cio and Swift are with Thomas.

7km to go

Clarke and De Marchi still have 50 seconds here!

No time check on Thomas yet.

Movistar, Trek leading the way in the chase.

𓆉And now Thomas and co make it back to the peloton.

It has been a very tense run-in.

Bahrain, Trek,🌞 EF, UAE also up at the front of the peloton.

6km to go

45 seconds now for the two leaders.

The riders will be racing along the coasta๊l road towards the finish. Some technical points and corners, though the final kilometre is dead straight along the sꦺeafront.

5km to go

It's looking better and be🌌tter for Clarke and 💦De Marchi.

Now Jaycoꦰ-AlUla head to the front of the peloton. They'll be looking to disrupt on behalf of De Marchi as well as be ready to work for a possible sprint.

4km to go

The gap dips under 40 seconds.

Ineos Grenadiers shift up to the front.

A few more seconds drop off the gap.

So🅷 many different teams up front – a mix of sprint squads and those ജlooking to protect their GC men.

3km to go

34 seconds for De Marchi and Clarke.

Now Alpecin-Deceuninck join the fray for theꦚ first time.

Is it too late?

Bora-Hansg𝓰rohe also up there along wi😼th EF and Ineos.

The peloton pass the 3km mark.

27 seconds.

Alpecin-Deceunincꦉk's brief appearance at the front is already over.

A few bends in the road mean the peloton can't s൩ee the leaders here.

2km to go

24 seconds.

The seconds are coming off metre by metre.

1km to go

16 seconds left!

It's a straight road to the finish now.

Clarke leads De Marchi.

Trek leading the peloton.

Movistar and Alpecin next.

Now De Marchi on the front.

500m to go

Can they hang on?

This is so close.

De Marchi and Clarke side by side.

They're caught at 250 metres to go!

Gaviria launches past them long!

Pedersen and Milan behind Gaviria.

Gaviria has gone too early!

Finish

Mads Pedersen comes through to take the win!

It looked like it was Pedersen from Milan.

A brutal finish for De Marchi and C꧃larke. They were so close to holding on for a famous win there.

The stage result...

Gaviri♊a tried to go very long but died in the final 100 metres. Pedersen on the inside was in pri💧me position, coming up to his wheel and bursting past.

Milan, Ackermann, and Groves were next in line but 🧜nobody could match Pedersen's closing sprint.

Gaviria ended up fifth there.

Clarke was fighting to complete a Grand Tour stage win set, but it was Pedersen who did it at the line𓄧. The Dane has previously won stages at the Tour and Vuelta.

Pedersen celebrates victory on stage 6.

Here's what Mads Pedersen h♐ad to say after his win...

"I'm pretty happy. it's what we came for so it's nice to have a victory now. It was a tough day forಌ the team and it's nice to pay them back with this victory. Good day.

"It was pretty close in the end. It wasn't easy to catch them. For a long time they have two minutes and we had to use basically everyone. And it wasn't only us – all the sprinters had to use all the guys they had available. It was really not easy to catch them. What was it – 300 metres to g🐓o we caught them? I feel sorry for those guys because they did really, really well, but I'm happy I could take the win.

"It was pretty tough. I wanted to open a long sprint because we had to ca꧃tch these guys. But luckily for me Gaviria did it befꦛore and I had someone in front to try to catch. He did a really strong sprint and it was not easy."

The dash for the finish line.

Despite all the drama in▨ the closing kilometres, all the major GC men ended up finishing safe🐼ly in the peloton.

Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) finౠi🐻shed fourth today. Here's what he had to say...

"Today🐻 was actually super tough. The bunch was in one li꧑ne all day. The finish wasn't actually too chaotic in the end, in my opinion, but it was pretty stressful for the sprint teams to catch the breakaway back. In the end, a really hard day.

"I really think that both the breakaway and the peloton had motorbikes today, which made for a really fast stage. We caught them with 300🅠 metres to go, I think, wh༺ich was pretty wild.

"It was pretty disappointin🌠g [to miss the win]. I think I just missed out on the ciclamino jersey with Jonathan Milan beating me on the finish line. It's still a long way to go to Rome and we'll see wh♛at the next day brings."

Simon Clarke was devastated af🔴ter missing out on the win ✃today...

"Devastating. It's not nice to lose in that way, getting caught with so close to go. I'd probably prefer to be caught with 10km to go rather t𝔉han 200 metres. You can't win them all, but if you don't try then you never know. Tomorrow's another day.

"Look, at the end of the day, ✱there's always going to be a moment where you have to decide to stop pulling. You can't pull all the way until 10 metres to go. We need💯ed 10-15 more seconds. It was just the way it was.

"I just keep working hard and every year work a little bit harder. I don't sit at home and look at how old I am, I just keep working harder than ever, a🐼ctually, and 📖that enables me to still put in performances like today.

Maglia ciclamino Jonathan Milan after finis🀅hing second on the stage...

"What a day. It was really difficult. I tried to sprint at the end and I think the legs were a bit tired from the climbs. It was a bit of a fight to get up there in ꦐthꦗe end. I tried to keep the best position possible with my team.

"Of course it could've gone better. You can only do what you can do. The legs obviously weren't at 100% and I was actually surprised ꦛto get over the climbs and be able to sprint. In the end the breakaway wasn't that easy to bring back. I mayb🃏e could've done a bit better."

No change in the GC today. Andreas Leknessund leads Remco Evenepoel by 28 seconds at the top while st🅰age 4 winner Aurelién Paret-Peintre lies third at 30 secon𓄧ds.

Some news on Mark Ca♍vendish. The sprinter crashed on the descent of the Colle San Pietro shortly after the fir🎶st climb of the day, the Valico di Chiunzi.

He crossed the line as part of a large group, including numerous teamm🍸ates.

Giro d'Italia: Mads Pedersen claims stage 6 as breakaway caught at last gasp

Leknessund keeps lead on another chaotic stage that saw Roglič, Thomas chasing frantically in finale kilometres

Andreas Leknessund back in the 🌜maglia rosa tonight.

Jonathan Milan retains the m🦄aglia ciclamino foཧr another day.

Thiba🌼ut Pinot is still in the blue climbers jersey, meanwhile.

Spare a t🍎hought for De Marchi and Clarke, who came so close to glory on the sꦺtage today...

A look ahead to tomor𝄹row and the next trip to the mountains with the climb of Gran Sasso d'Italia.

The race heads back to the Apennines for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage 7, visiting the largest plateau of the mountain range at Campo Imperatore. The first-cat𓄧egory climb to the finish is officially 26.4km at an average of 3.4%, but the final 4.4km measure i𒁏n at 8.2%.

The mountain will play host to the next stage of the Giro's GC battle, with Andreas Leknessund hoping to hold onto the maglia rosa as the likes of Remco Evenepoel, Primož Roglič, João Almeida, and Geraint Thomas do battle.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Simon Yates took vi𝓰ctory on the climb last time it was used five years ago. The Briton beat Thibaut Pinot and Esteban Chaves to t𓆉he top, while the🍰 top 11 were covered by under 30 seconds. He'd hold pink all the way until stage 18 before he collapsed in the Alps.

Back in 1999, Marco Pantani soared into the maglia rosa, beating José Maria Jimenez by 23 seconds at the top and going on to win three more mountain stages before his 🎐controversial expulsion from the race at Madonna di Campiglio.

Giro d'Italia: GC standings after stage 6

A🦩ndreas Leknessund stays in pink with no significant changes

So close, so far: Clarke, De Marchi caught in sight of finish line at Giro d'Italia

Breakaway reeled in with 250 metres to go in Napoli on stage🔯 6

We'll have more news, including a comprehe🌞nsive preview of stage 7 and interviews with Remco Evenepoel, Geraint Thomas, Mark Cavendish, and Thibaut Pinot coming throughout the evening.

Check back for all that and more from the Giro d'Italia on Cyclingnews.