Giro d’Italia stage 11 Live – The sprinters return

Jonathan Milan argues with a rider from UAE Team Emirates. It looks like the rider might have accidentally blocked him from taking a musette at the feed zone at the top of the climb.

2:40 for the breakaway now.

157km to go

That was the only classified climb of the day.

Van Dijke leads Champion and Affini over the top of the third-category climb for nine points.

Van Dijke leads the trio up.

500 metres to the top as the breakaway enters Pietracatella.

It’s been a quiet day so far.

160km to go

2km to the top of the hill now.

Soudal-QuickStep also helping at the front of the peloton along with Lidl-Trek.

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2:20 for the break now with the riders halfway up the climb.

The riders now about to start the climb to Pietracatella (8.4km at 5.4%).

Lidl-Trek controlling the peloton.

169km to go

The riders in the valley now on the road to the only classified climb of the day, the third-category Pietracatella.

A look at the break of the day, led by Champion.

The gap is still growing for the breakaway but it’s only at 2:15 as the peloton keeps things in check.

187km to go

The riders are over the first unclassified hill of the day and there have been no further attacks in the peloton.

1:50 for the breakaway trio now.

Race leader Tadej Pogačar and new white jersey Antonio Tiberi greet one another at the start today.

Lidl-Trek controlling it at the head of the peloton for sprinter Jonathan Milan.

198km to go

1:25 for the trio now.

No big rush in the peloton to close the move down.

Visma’s Tim van Dijke is also on the move.

Edoardo Affini joins him from the depleted Visma-Lease A Bike team.

Thomas Champion is the first man to go on the attack.

204km to go

The flag drops after an extended neutral zone and the stage is under way.

A delay to the proper start as Madis Mihkels and Juan Pedro López suffer mechanicals in the neutral zone.

The riders have now started the roll out in the neutral zone at the start of stage 11.

155 riders continue in the Giro d’Italia today.

Two more non-starters today as Stefano Oldani (Cofidis) and Louis Barré (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) have both left the race. 

Oldani is sick while Barré has suffered an injury to the fingers on his right hand.

Stage 11 will be getting underway very soon!

Here’s the map of the stage as the peloton heads to the coast.

Around 20 minutes to go before the stage starts now.

And here’s a look at the current GC standings at the Giro d’Italia after stage 10, albeit before Cian Uijtdebroeks’ abandon

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Yesterday’s 10th stage up to the summit finish at Bocca della Selva saw the breakaway take the win with a few small changes in the GC top 10.

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But the big news this morning is that GC contender Cian Uijtdebroeks has abandoned the Giro from fifth overall.

A look at the profile of today’s stage.

There’s a hilly start to the day but the second half of the stage is fully flat, meaning we should see a sprint finish in Francavilla al Mare.

Just under an hour to go before the start of the stage…

Buongiorno and welcome to Cyclingnews‘ live coverage of stage 11 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia!