Italian rider beats Jasper Stuyven in city centre finish
Portugal’s Afonso Eulálio retains overall lead
Davide Ballerini won stage six of the Giro d’Italia as a crash on the cobbles took out several sprint specialists near the finish in Naples on Thursday.
Italian Ballerini (XDS Astana Team) comfortably beat Belgium’s Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step) on the city centre finish after a flat 142km ride from Paestum.
A relatively incident-free stage burst into life in the final kilometres as the sprinters moved into position. But with light rain making the surface treacherous, a crash inside the final kilometre took down Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet Rose Rockets) and several other riders.
