Classification leaders at start of stage 6 (LR): Arnaud Demare (Groupama – FDJ) Purple Points Jersey, Juan Pedro López (Trek – Segafredo) Pink Leader Jersey, Lennard Kämna (Bora – Hansgrohe) Blue Mountain Jersey and Mauri Vansevenant (QuickStep- AlphaVinyl) White Best Young Rider Jersey (Image credit: Getty Images)
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They’re off! Stage 6 is a 192km stage from Palmi to Scalea (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Juan Pedro López of Trek-Segafredo rides in pink leader’s jersey and shares a laugh with fellow Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas of Movistar Team (Image credit: Getty Images)
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The team introductions in Palmi City while fans cheer prior to the start of stage 6 (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Diego Rosa of Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team competes in the breakaway (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Diego Rosa of Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team struck out alone 23km into the 192km stage 6 (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Clement Davy rides alongsiide Groupama-FDJ teammate Arnaud Demare, who wears the Purple Points Jersey compete d (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Thomas De Gendt of Lotto Soudal leads the peloton early on stage 6 (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Full Lotto Soudal crew rides in peloton around sprinter Caleb Ewan (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) on stage 6 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Michael Mørkøv of QuickStep-AlphaVinyl (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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A long flat stage 6 calls for extra provisions from the team car (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Clement Davy of Groupama-FDJ leads the peloton (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Flat roads along the coast allow Dario Cataldo and maglia rosa Juan Pedro López of Trek-Segafredo to chat (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Solo escapee Diego Rosa of Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team had a 3:15 advantage with 62km to ride (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Giacomo Nizzolo of Israel-Premier Tech during stage 6 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Miles Scotson of Groupama-FDJ rides in front of Mark Cavendish of QuickStep-AlphaVinyl (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) rides casually on stage 6 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Hugh Carthy of EF Education-EasyPost rides in peloton on stage 6 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Ineos Grenadiers riders not pushing the pace before the intermediate sprint along the coastal route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) talks with Matteo Sobrero (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) sprinted to victory on stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia in Scalea, livening up what was a deathly dull five hours of racing with a photo finish on the line, millimetres ahead of Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) .
The Frenchman came from behind to beat the Australian and take his second win in two days after a strong lead out by Jacopo Guarnieri, while Mark Cavendish (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) rounded out the podium after launching his sprint just before his two rivals hit the wind .
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Daniel Ostanek is production editor at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired as staff writer. Before Cyclingnews, he was published in numerous publications around the cycling world, including Procycling, CyclingWeekly, CyclingTips, Cyclist, and Rouleur, among others. As well as reporting and writing news and features, Daniel runs the ‘How to watch’ content throughout the season.
Daniel has reported from the world’s top races, including the Tour de France, and has interviewed a number of the sport’s biggest stars, including Egan Bernal, Wout van Aert, Remco Evenepoel, Mark Cavendish, and Anna van der Breggen. Daniel rides a 2002 Landbouwkrediet Colnago C40 and his favorite races are Strade Bianche and the Vuelta a España.
