00:00The sprinters will go all out today, a completely flat 157km stage from Bocchera to Milan.
00:11There is a new pink jersey in the peloton.
00:14Yesterday Jonas Wingergaard dominated in Valle d'Aosta and now leads the general classification
00:19with a 2 minute 20 second advantage over Alfonso Lallio, who tried to defend himself
00:25but had to say goodbye to the symbol of leadership.
00:27A lot of young guys, young kids, are dreaming of having a pink jersey.
00:34I'm very happy to have the Maglia Rosa, it's a special jersey in cycling.
00:40I think we cannot do nothing with this, Jonas, now the Maglia Rosa, and I think it's quite impossible.
00:48I'll try to enjoy the day today, even though it might be a bit stressful.
00:52This is an all-Lombardi stage celebrating the Giro d'Italia.
00:55From Bocchera, with his Visconti castle, to Milan, the city of fashion and the Duomo.
01:02But above all, the starting point of that historic first Giro stage on May 13th, 1909.
01:08Milan has always played a leading role.
01:1179 riders have celebrated their overall victory in the Lombardi capital,
01:15the most recent being Egan Cernal, in 2021.
01:20It's been one of the most beautiful days in my life.
01:23I have a lot of beautiful memories of that day, when we arrived at a chronometer,
01:27so it will be nice to return to Milan today.
01:31The Giro returns to Milan five years after the Colombian riders' try.
01:38And for the 90th time, it will host a stage finish, an all-time record.
01:43In Milan, there will be a 16.3-kilometer finishing circuit to be repeated four times.
01:48The final corner comes with around two kilometers to go, and from there,
01:52a long straight will lead the riders to the finish line on Corso Venezia.
01:56I think we expect a really hard race, and there is this corner 2k to go,
02:00and it will be important to be in good position, and the speed will speak.
02:03Paul Marnier is expected to confirm his dominance in the sprint.
02:07The Frenchman has already won two stages in Bulgaria,
02:10but now he wants to celebrate in Italy as well,
02:12and reclaim the cyclamen jersey taken from him by Jonathan Narvaez.
02:17It feels nice to wear the jersey. We will enjoy the day today. Let's see what happens.
02:31Another scorching day at the Giro d'Italia,
02:34which now feels like it's being raced in full summer conditions.
02:38At the start in Voghera, temperatures are already above 30 degrees Celsius.
02:43RCS president Urbano Gaido waves the flag to start this all-Lombardese stage.
02:50After just a handful of kilometers,
02:52Martin Marcellusi, Frederic Vernis Lavec, and the two Paltese riders,
02:57Mattia Bais and Alessandro Tonelli, launch the breakaway.
03:10The escapees quickly build a lead of over two minutes.
03:17In the peloton, the atmosphere is relaxed.
03:21After so many demanding stages, there's finally a chance to catch a breath.
03:25And Vingegaard enjoys his first day in the pink jersey.
03:30Between the Ticino and the Po, the race crosses the Po Valley at high speed.
03:36Mattia Bais is the first to pass through the intermediate sprint in Pavia.
03:40Mattia Bais is on his wheel, so it's Bardiani versus Paltese in Malta.
03:43Mattia Bais is still on the wheel, still trying to come out of the slipstream of Mattia Bais.
03:50Mattia Bais is holding him off there all the way to the line,
03:52so doing his job for the team and relegating Mattia Bais.
03:56In the peloton, meanwhile, the sprinters test their legs.
04:00And Paul Manier comfortably takes the only point available.
04:04It's a completely flat stage.
04:07At the front of the bunch, the sprinters teams are ready at work,
04:11keeping the situation under control, and the breakaway's advantage begins to shrink.
04:21With just 80 kilometers to go, the race officially enters Milan.
04:29Here, the riders will tackle a 16.3 kilometer city circuit to be repeated four times, featuring long, wide boulevards.
04:39At the first passage under the finish line, the breakaway riders still hold a lead of around two minutes.
04:46Huge crowds have gathered along the roadside, ready to witness a truly unique spectacle.
04:58Fredrik Werdens-Lavik is first at the Red Bull KM.
05:01In the meantime, we see the order of steps to the KM Red Bull.
05:06In the first place, the number 215, Lavik, with the 161 Bait,
05:10the third, the 164 Maestri, and the fourth, the number 22, Marcellusi.
05:14We attend the fifth position.
05:16The pace keeps increasing, and the breakaway riders are trying to hold off the peloton's chase.
05:31The work of the sprinter's teams is incredible.
05:42The final lap begins, and there's still around 50 seconds to make up. Nothing is decided yet.
05:55Catching the attackers won't be easy, everyone has to work together.
05:59Twenty seconds, two k's to go is possible.
06:02But the four breakaway riders refuse to give in, and enter the final kilometre in the lead.
06:08A few hundred metres to go for the breakaway. The impossible is about to happen.
06:13Throws it to De Vesnes. Maestri. De Vesnes holds the Moufdesi. It's going to be De Vesnes from the breakaway.
06:23I understood that we could make it with about five kilometres to go, and I couldn't see the bunch behind
06:29or anything.
06:31I can imagine they were going really, really hard in the bunch also, since they gained time on us.
06:36But yeah, in these speeds, over 50 kilometres an hour, you shall really push a lot.
06:42A spectacular finish, with the breakaway managing to resist the peloton's comeback.
06:48A real twist that no one would have expected.
06:51The Norwegian Frederik Dvernis-Lavik wins the sprint ahead of Maestri and Marcelluzzi,
06:56securing Team Uno X's first historic victory at the Giro d'Italia.
07:00The GC contenders choose to stay out of the chaos of the sprint. There will be other days for them.
07:08Today riding into Milano, it's special riding in the pink jersey.
07:24Tomorrow will be a rest day for the pink caravan before the final brutal week.
07:29On Tuesday, the Bellinzona-Carii stage is on the schedule. Just 113 kilometres, the shortest stage of the Giro,
07:37but explosive and extremely demanding entirely on Swiss roads.
07:41The peloton will tackle a double passage on the climbs of Torre Leontica,
07:45before facing the final ascent to Cari, 11.7 kilometres, with an average gradient of 7.9%,
07:52a new challenge for the general classification contenders.
07:55It's a beautiful series.
08:01Yet our render of the Piederville Village is so convenient.
08:03The Giro is probably a bit easier for the Maestri.
08:03If you see the Piederville Village has a little bit better.
08:03Now we have time to catch up on top of the Mi-Mont-Bi-Mont.
08:05Grazie.
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