The Giro peloton continues its ascent towards the north of La Botte, and Arnaud Démare continues his harvest. The Groupama-FDJ sprinter proved to be the fastest at Scalea to claim his second victory in a row, and the seventh of his career on the Corsa Rosa. One more than the illustrious Bernard Hinault and Jacques Anquetil.
A time locked up, the Picard produced his effort at the last moment to jump the Australian Caleb Ewan on the finish line. It took the photo-finish to decide between the two men. Mark Cavendish crashed in the final meters and had to settle for third place. Biniam Girmay and Giacomo Nizzolo complete the top 5 of the day.
Thanks to this success, Démare consolidates his cyclamen jersey and achieves a superb operation in the points classification, for which he clearly showed his ambition by getting involved in the intermediate sprint in the middle of the stage. He now has a 53-point lead over Girmay, his first pursuer.
