Video: Giro d’Italia stage 6 ends in photo finish and near-calamity
Sprint stars go shoulder to shoulder in an exciting finale that nearly saw a crash on the front of the race.
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The first four-and-a-half hours of stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia were uneventful.
While Diego Rosa (Eolo-Kometa) was out in front for most of the day in what became a doomed-to-fail solo attempt, the main bunch behind him looked to be asleep.
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It wasn’t until the final 20 kilometers did the relatively flat stage heat up, as sprint trains established themselves at the front.
Lotto-Soudal, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, and Groupama-FDJ led their fastmen at the front, and were joined by UAE Team Emirates, Intermarche Wanty Gobert Materiaux, and even Isreal-Premier Tech.
And then came the super-sprinter showdown between Mark Cavendish, Caleb Ewan, Arnaud Démare, Fernando Gaviria, and upstart Biniam Girmay.
Check out the final kilometer of this exciting stage that ended in a photo finish.