After second-place finish in stage 5, once again it was Jonathan Milan who brought home the points for Team Bahrain Victorious, as he grabbed another second place in stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia yesterday to tighten his grip on the Maglia Ciclamino.
Overall, Victorious’ Damiano Caruso, Jack Haig and Santiago Buitrago all finished safely and remain in contention.
After a rain-sodden stage five that was marred by crashes, including one caused by a dog, the 162-km sixth stage in Naples was a far more pleasant ride under blue skies with the sun beating down on the riders.
With 25km left, the breakaway duo of Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) and De Marchi (Jayco-AlUla) were more than two minutes ahead of the peloton, which launched its attack just in time to catch up on the final stretch.
As an exhausted Clarke and De Marchi gave way for the sprinters to take the stage, Pedersen held off Milan, Pascal Ackermann, Kaden Groves and Fernando Gaviria to take victory.
An hour earlier, Bahrain Victorious had another good result in a sprint, this time in Hungary.
The second stage of the Tour de Hongrie saw a second chance for sprinters. After fourth place on Wednesday, Phil Bauhaus sprinted to second place yesterday, just edged by Fabio Jakobsen from Soudal – Quick Step.
The 175km stage between Zalaegerszeg and Kezsthely was a flat affair and wind nor rain could split the peloton, as riders were doing an average of 43 km/h. As expected it was the battle for position in the end and Matevz Govekar was the last rider from to lead out Bauhaus in the mix to fight for the win.
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