The Giro leaves the Abruzzo region with a 216.5km stage from Vasto to Melfi. The majority of the stage is flat but there are two tough back-to-back climbs in the final 40km – Valico del Laghi di Monticchio (6.4km at 6.3%) and Valico La Croce (3.2km at 5.7%). Sprinters or attackers: who will prevail?

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  1. #feedback the preview of the course with constant rotation of the compass does not help at all. I would love a usual map, where north is up to get an idea of where they were going 🙂

  2. Allez Thibaut. Nice to see him fighting for a jersey. Hope he can get a stage win in this tour. Been a fan of him for his entire career

  3. Once again, Clueless Rob Hatch announcing the sprint winner 15 secs BEFORE we all get to see it ourselves. He must be annoying at Surprise Parties. 🙄

  4. EIGHT YEARS since his last stage win at the Giro? 😲
    That's a SUPERB result for Mr Matthews! 🤗 Well done, mate! 👍 (Great effort by Groves, too…)

    M 🦘🏏😎

  5. These type.of stages need to be removed from grand tours. Boring as hell and the pure sprinter is no longer a thing in the peloton as most sprinters these days are all rounders. They would be better bringing back longer TTT's. Boring days riding would be better off watching my club out for a cafe ride.

  6. tomorrows race…i wanna see
    hahaha,mountains
    thanks a lot GCN R
    i am watching you GCN R
    do ur job well …hahaha
    peace and love

  7. Even though I despise GCN+ for taking races that used to be free in Australia and putting them behind a paywall, at least the daily updates are good.

  8. Why would you announce the winner 15 seconds before the finish, especially when it was a reasonably close finish? Seriously, WTF?

  9. I have a novice question; why the two cyclist goes alone at the start even they had no chance to arrive first at the end?

  10. Remco wore the pink jersey for 2 days. so does he get to take it home? or does he have to give back since the race is not over yet… like MVDP last year at TDF ??? thanks

  11. Instead of ruining the result of the finish by saying who the winner is when they approach the line, the winner is usually announced at 200-500 meters to go.

    For the last kilometer or few hundred meters of the race just show the live audio and video, it’s more exciting to feel the energy and suspense of the live announcers instead the summary here telling you who the winner is before you show the sprint. I really cannot understand why you think the viewers would want the winner told to them in advance of watching it. SHOW us who won , wont TELL before.

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