Giro d’Italia: Jonathan Milan outpowers Merlier in stage 11 dash victory

Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) doubled up on stage wins on the 2024 Giro d’Italia on stage 11, proving to be too massive and too highly effective as soon as once more as a messy dash in Francavilla al Mare noticed a crash within the remaining kilometre.

Milan stayed secure all through the hectic finale till he latched onto Tim Merlier’s (Soudal-QuickStep) practice within the remaining few hundred metres and blasted previous the Belgian to the road for his fifth win of the season.

Merlier hit the entrance first after a stong Bert Van Lerberghe lead-out however swung out sharply to the right-hand aspect, forcing Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) to cease his dash momentarily and should’ve by means of he was going to win his second stage at this 12 months’s Giro.

Until the large body of Milan got here by means of on his left within the maglia ciclamino to take the victory, with Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) coming house behind them for third.

The messy, headwind end on a protracted 3km straight noticed all dash and GC concerned within the remaining after a very simple day heading north alongside the Adriatic coast however each Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) managed to navigate the finale safely regardless of two 90 diploma corners coming within the remaining 4km.

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