First Italian victory in the Giro. Alberto Dainese (Team DSM) has in fact won the eleventh stage of the pink race, the Santarcangelo di Romagna-Reggio Emilia of 203 km.

On the day when Biniam Girmay retired due to yesterday's incident on the podium, hit in the eye by the cap of the bottle of sparkling wine, the rider from Abano Terme preceded Fernando Gaviria and an excellent Simone Consonni. The big losers of the day are Demare, Cavendish and Ewan, clearly beaten in the sprint.

As expected, in a completely flat stage, the sprinter teams dominated the scene even if Dries De Bondt (Alpecin Fenix), author of a courageous attack attempt at a little less than 60 km from the finish. The Belgian was caught one kilometer from the finish.

Juan Pedro Lopez keeps the pink jersey.

Order of arrival:

1 DAINESE Alberto Team DSM 4:19:04

2 GAVIRIA Fernando UAE Team Emirates

3 CONSONNI Simone Cofidis

4 DÉMARE Arnaud Groupama - FDJ

5 EWAN Caleb Lotto Soudal

6 CAVENDISH Mark Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

7 THEUNS Edward Trek - Segafredo

8 MODOLO Sacha Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè

9 BAUHAUS Phil Bahrain - Victorious

10 NAESEN Lawrence AG2R Citroën Team

Overall ranking:

1 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro Trek - Segafredo 46:43:12

2 CARAPAZ Richard INEOS Grenadiers 0:12

3 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates ,,

4 BARDET Romain Team DSM 0:14

5 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 0:20

6 MARTIN Guillaume Cofidis 0:28

7 LANDA Mikel Bahrain - Victorious 0:29

8 POZZOVIVO Domenico Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 0:54

9 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA - hansgrohe 1:09

10 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 1:22

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