Stage 10

The road

At the start

Out of Pompeii, up to the Selva

The race restarts from Pompeii with Pogačar 2:40 clear of Daniel Martínez and 2:58 of Geraint Thomas — and without Olav Kooij, who won in Naples on Sunday and left the race with a fever on the rest day. Today is the third summit finish in eleven days: fifty flat kilometres, then the Camposauro and a long haul to the Bocca della Selva. Behind the maglia rosa only four riders sit within two minutes of Martínez.

How it was won

1. 163 km to go

   UAE finally let one go

   A 27-rider move surges clear and, for the first time, Pogačar waves it away — the maglia rosa is no cannibal today, content to save his legs for the mountains ahead.

2. 223 km to go

   Tratnik's power bid

   Jan Tratnik rips clear of the break on the valley roads and time-trials toward the Bocca della Selva alone, forcing Bardet and Paret-Peintre to organise a chase.

3. 33 km to go

   Paret-Peintre attacks Bardet

   Three kilometres from the summit Valentin Paret-Peintre cruelly kicks away from his boyhood hero Bardet and bridges up to the fading Tratnik.

4. 4At the line

   A dream first pro win

   Paret-Peintre powers past Tratnik and rides clear for his maiden professional victory, beating the very rider he grew up idolising.

The result