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Harper, Leknessund and Bais lead the peloton by one minute, with the group in between at 30 seconds.<\/p>\n
2026-05-20T11:52:58.412Z<\/p>\n
We’re only a few kilometres away from the intermediate sprint, and these breaks have enough of a lead to rule put Milan and Magnier from getting any points. Milan has been more subdued than in previous stages, where he persevered for many kilometres in attempts to get into the break and claim points.<\/p>\n
2026-05-20T11:51:02.822Z<\/p>\n
There are also 2 Red Bull riders in this move, including Vlasov. The team appear to be riding more aggressively, now that both their GC leaders have lost some time in the time trial.<\/p>\n
2026-05-20T11:48:26.142Z<\/p>\n
More have joined this Bettiol, amg them some very powerful riders, including Stuyven again.<\/p>\n
2026-05-20T11:46:31.313Z<\/p>\n
Now a new chase group of four has formed, driven by Alberto Bettiol.<\/p>\n
2026-05-20T11:45:24.636Z<\/p>\n
That gap’s growing – it’s now up to just under a minute.<\/p>\n
2026-05-20T11:43:38.537Z Bais, Leknessund and Harper have built a decent lead, which is now up to over 30 seconds.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:41:23.237Z<\/p>\n Johan Jacobs has managed to get daylight between himself and the peloton, and is now chasing the three leaders.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:39:11.220Z<\/p>\n The attack keep coming behind Harper, Bais and Leknessund, but for now they’re all cancelling each other out.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:37:37.632Z<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:34:51.035Z<\/p>\n This trio are going deep to try to make this one stick.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:32:59.568Z<\/p>\n At the front, Harper, Leknessund and Bais have a small gap.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:32:17.973Z<\/p>\n Crash – only one rider down, Davide Ballerini. He’s back on his bike but only gingerly so.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:31:11.067Z The flat terrain is making this difficult for a break to get away, and it’s still about another 50km until the first climb.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:28:57.141Z<\/p>\n Out the front of the peloton, the attack are coming thick and fast, but still nothing’s sticking.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:28:04.499Z<\/p>\n The race appears to have all come back together, with those caught out in the splt rejoining the front peloton.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:26:55.474Z<\/p>\n The breakaway from earlier, before they were brought back.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:22:40.328Z<\/p>\n The leading duo are caught.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:22:16.319Z<\/p>\n There’s been a big split in the peloton, though only a handful of seconds between them.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:20:41.175Z 5 seconds is Ballerini and Stuyven’s lead.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:18:27.888Z<\/p>\n Two riders have gone clear, and it’s two men from the original break – Ballerini and Stuyven.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:17:43.174Z<\/p>\n The peloton is all stretched out as they descend from a small uncategorised rise.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:15:22.280Z<\/p>\n That’s it, the peloton has made contact.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:14:08.075Z<\/p>\n The peloton can see the break, they’re only 8 seconds behind now.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:12:51.601Z<\/p>\n Arrieta is caught and his UAE teammate Narv\u00e1ez counters.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:11:52.923Z<\/p>\n Having held steady at 30 seconds for a while, the reak’s lead is coming down again, to under 20 seconds.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:11:03.226Z<\/p>\n Arrieta has attacked out of the bunch to try to bridge up to the break himself.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:10:35.254Z<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:08:45.708Z<\/p>\n Enjoying our live Giro d’Italia race coverage? Subscribe to Cyclingnews for an all-access pass to our unrivalled reporting of WorldTour racing, bike tech and exclusive in-depth features. Plus, access to the Cyclingnews app to follow the action on-the-go! Find out more.<\/a><\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:06:03.420Z 30 seconds remains the gap. There are enough teams in the peloton for it to not give up the ghost, with EF the latest team to pull at the front.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T11:03:39.917Z<\/p>\n There are 12 riders in the break: Scaroni, Ballerini, Ciccone, Stuyven, Mozzato, Huens, Jacobs, Garcia Cortina, Pinarello, Rutsch, Bouwman and Zukowsky.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:58:02.973Z<\/p>\n Many in the peloton still aren’t happy with this break. UAE had been working at the front to bring them back, and now the wildcard teams Bardiani and Polti have taken over, having also failed to get a rider in it.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:56:17.490Z<\/p>\n Scaroni is the highest placed rider on GC in the group, in 16th at 6:59. He lost a lor of time in yeterday’s time trial, perhaps in the hope of being allowed to get into a break like this.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:54:33.033Z 30 seconds is te break’s lead. This was the first move to go, but it’s looking promising for them.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:52:28.867Z<\/p>\n This lead group is staying clear from the peloton for now, but Ciccone doesn’t look happy with the cohesion, gesticulating towards some others in the group.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:50:46.145Z<\/p>\n Morgado hasn’t gone clear though, and so fellow UAE rider Bjerg is pulling at the front of the peloton<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:49:21.368Z<\/p>\n UAE have missed the move and are trying to ammend that, with Morgado attacking from the peloton.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:48:47.516Z<\/p>\n Also in this leading group are Bouwman, Garcia Cortina, Bayer, Mozzato, and others.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:44:29.365Z<\/p>\n There’s a third Astana rider in this group too, and they’re keen to make this move stick by riding at the front.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:43:03.373Z<\/p>\n More riders are trying to join them from the peloton behind.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:41:24.703Z<\/p>\n There are plenty more quality riders along with Ciccone in this group, including former stage winner Ballerini, his Astana teammate Scaroni, and Stuyven.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:40:20.021Z<\/p>\n That group hss a lead of 15 seconds.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:39:13.785Z<\/p>\n Ciccone is among these riders. He’s one of the favourites for the stage win.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:37:31.870Z<\/p>\n Already there are about 15 riders off the front with that Groupama rider, with more trying to join.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:36:34.889Z And they’re off, with a Groupama rider attacking straight away!<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:35:58.771Z<\/p>\n The riders will begin from a standing start, as they’ve been stopped at KM 0 for the flag wave alongsde some VIPs.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:33:58.828Z<\/p>\n Vingegaard talking to Magnier at the start. Magnier will once again have to be attentive to keep an eye on points classification rival Jonathan Milan, as there’s an intermediate spint coming up 68km from the start that will surely have his eye on.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:26:28.674Z<\/p>\n Jonas Vingegaard at the start, still wearing the blue King of the Montain’s jersey, having failed to depose Afonso Eul\u00e1lio in pink.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:24:31.063Z<\/p>\n The riders are off for the unofficial start. This is going to be a big fight to get into the break, so many will want to get to as close to the front as possible.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:18:39.532Z<\/p>\n Have a read of our more in-depth preview of today’s parcours.<\/p>\n 2026 Giro d’Italia stage 11 preview – Punchy climbs favour attackers on coastal route to Chiavari<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:15:24.814Z<\/p>\n While there are some tough climbs on the menu today, they\u2019re perhaps not quite hard enough to draw the GC contenders out into another fight. Instead, the main focus today will be on the breakaway, and what looks set to be a very intense contrast for the stage win.<\/p>\n 2026-05-20T10:10:29.655Z<\/p>\n Yesterday was one of the most significant GC sort outs of the race so far, with many of the top favourites finding themselves in a very different position than theory did 24 hours ago. Here\u2019s what some of the top names had to say in reflection.<\/p>\n
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