Giro d’Italia stage 11 live – A chance for the sprinters as more riders pull out

The big news this morning is that eight more riders have left the Giro. Four of them are from the Soudal-QuickStep team, who are now down to just three riders after Remco Evenepoel’s exit. All of them tested positive for COVID-19, as did Andrea Vendrame (AG2R) and Stefano Gandin (Corratec-Selle Italia) this morning. Meanwhile, Jonathan Caicedo (EF) and Natnael Tesfatsion (Trek-Segafredo) are out with non-COVID illnesses. 

Of the 176 riders who started the Giro, only 142 remain.

Hello and welcome along to our live coverage of stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia