Giro d’Italia stage 9 LIVE: Big summit finish on the menu at Corno alle Scale, with GC action almost certain

The new activity in the peloton sees the gap to the leaders drop to around 25″ again.

2026-05-17T11:22:23.862Z

More moves go clear with Unibet-Rose-Rockets, Alpecin-Premier Tech, Uno-X Mobility and Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre going clear with Lidl-Trek trying to chase but as Walscheid swings off to encourage Ciccone to kick across, the move pulls away further.

2026-05-17T11:19:24.033Z

Pinarello-Q36.5, EF Edcuation-EasyPost, Uno-X Mobility and Movistar all keen to be up there as well as Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre and Polti-Visit Malta.

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So many riders have tried to bridge to the trio out front but now the gap goes beyond 40″ as the peloton sits up again.

2026-05-17T11:12:03.162Z

And it is back together with just Ballerini, Milesi and Planckaert still 28″ clear as Picnic-PostNL and Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre start the game again.

2026-05-17T11:11:23.641Z

Walscheid continues the pressure with Ciccone locked onto his wheel. Behind, Unibet-Rose-Rockets try to go clear as Antonio Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) starts to get involved for the first time since Bulgaria.

2026-05-17T11:10:22.094Z

Walscheid tries to take Ciccone clear but as the race splits, Visma-Lease a Bike send Tim Rex across with James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost). And, of course, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe are all over that and the game gets another reset.

2026-05-17T11:09:12.540Z

Filippo Turconi (Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre) and Ludovico Crescioli (Polti-Visit Malta) try to move but then Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) tries to lead out Giulio Ciccone. That sees points jersey Paul Magnier and teammate Jasper Stuyven (Soudal-QuickStep) coaxed out of the bunch.

2026-05-17T11:07:19.585Z

Ecuadorian and Colombian champions of Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Egan Bernal (Netcompany-Ineos) sitting at the back as the peloton have really eased on the pace with the leading trio now taking their gap to 24″.

2026-05-17T11:06:05.287Z

The counter moves continue to stall with Milesi, Planckaert, and Ballerini still hodling 14″ on the peloton.

2026-05-17T11:03:42.923Z

Uno-X Mobility starts chasing but Andrea Raccagni (Soudal-Quickstep) launches to try and force a new break.

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The rider who finished last yesterday, Edward Planckaert (Alpecin-Premier Tech) joins Ballerini alongside Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar). They have 11″ gap on the bunch who are looking to have stalled in their pacing for now.

2026-05-17T11:01:14.222Z

Davide Ballerini (XDS-Astana) launches for the second time. They will be very keen to get Christian Scaroni into the days break.

2026-05-17T11:00:44.381Z

Forming a breakaway on a major summit finish day in a Grand Tour is really like a game of chess. The riders close back together again as Martin Marcellusi (Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre) hit the front.

2026-05-17T10:59:46.475Z

Max Walscheid is leading out his Lidl-Trek teammate Giulio Ciccone in an attack. Also, Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarche) is in that group. Interesting early tactics with Decathlon-CMA CGM getting Oliver Naesen up the road as well.

Racing begins with Uno-X Mobility sending two riders up the road immediately on the national day of Norway! Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre also kick clear in their home region as well.

2026-05-17T10:54:36.067Z

It is a beautiful roll out for the riders in a very sunny Emilia Romagna. However, the forecast for the final climb says we may have temperatures at around 4 degrees Celsius!

2026-05-17T10:47:57.039Z

Jerseys and other Giro competitions after stage 8:

Pink – Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious)
Purple – Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep)
Blue – Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike)
White – Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious)*
Int sprint – Manuele Tarozzi (Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre)
Fuga – Diego Pablo Sevilla (Polti-Visit Malta)
Red Bull KM – Manuele Tarozzi (Bardiani CSF-7 Sabre)
Team – Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe