Giro d’Italia: Valentin Paret-Peintre follows in his brother’s footsteps with stage 10 victory

Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon-AG2R) won stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia to the summit finish of Bocca della Selva in the southern Apennines after Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates squad finally let a breakaway stay away.

Paret-Peintre was part of a 27-rider group that surged clear after a fast start to the 142 km stage and then he chased down lone attacker Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease a Bike) in the final kilometres of the climb to take his first professional victory.