Stage 11

The road

At the start

One more for the fast men

Nothing changed in Modena but the name on the stage: Arnaud Démare took the first Giro victory of his career, and the classification is exactly as it was, Conti in pink with Roglič 1:50 behind. Two hundred and twenty-one kilometres from Carpi to Novi Ligure now, with 452 metres of climbing in all of them — the last easy day before this race turns into the Alps.

How it was won

1. 125 km to go

   The break is shut down

   After nearly 200km up the road the three Italian wildcards are swept up with 25km to go, and the sprint and GC teams spread across the road to smother any late move.

2. 2At the line

   Ewan doubles up in Novi Ligure

   Ackermann leads it out but fades; Ewan comes off his wheel along the barriers to win again, Démare second and into the ciclamino jersey.

The result