Giro d'Italia stage 10 - Live coverage

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 10 of the 2022 Giro d'Italia.

We're almost the halfway mark of the race and the riders will be tackling a stage of two halves on the 195km run from Ancona to Jesi today – a flat opening 100km followed by a more challenging, hilly 95km.

The riders are set to set off at the start in around 25 minutes' time.

It's set to be a pretty quiet first half of the stage today, with a very flat start to the stage before the hills kick in after the 100km mark.

The riders will tackle three fourth-category climbs along the way, though there are plenty of uncategorised climbs along the way, too. It's a tough second half of the stage.

The riders head straight up the Adriatic coast from Pescara today before heading inland at Civitanova Marche for the hilly section of the stage.

We have a new top climber today as Diego Rosa dons the blue jersey for the first time.

Elsewhere, it's López in pink and white (though João Almeida will be wearing the latter), and Arnaud Démare in the ciclamino points jersey.

The first week of the Giro d'Italia hasn't exactly been a thrill ride so far. Highlights have included Van der Poel vs Girmay on several stages, Simon Yates' surprise TT win, the breakaway final in Potenza, and the GC battle on Blockhaus.

The upcoming second week (well, the next five days towards the Alps) is split between hilly and flat stages, so likely breakaway or sprint days. Stage 14 might be the only day to tempt any GC contenders into making a move.

Here are our five questions ahead of the Giro's second week

We're moments away from the start of the stage now.

The riders roll out to start stage 10!

Here's a reminder of the GC standings this morning, provided by FirstCycling

A 9.4km roll-out through the neutral zone today.

One of the biggest stories of the past few days was Wilco Kelderman blaming his disc brakes for his massive time loss on Blockhaus. The Dutchman lost almost 11 minutes on the stage after two bike changes due to broken spokes.

Bora-Hansgrohe bike supplier Specialized and wheel supplier Roval have today both denied that their products were to blame

195km to go

The flag drops and the stage is underway!

Attacks going from the start.

193km to go

Lotto Soudal are controlling things at the front.

Alessandro De Marchi (Israel-Premier Tech) among those having a go at the moment. 

Mattia Bais (Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli) and Lawrence Naesen (AG2R Citroën) also up front.

Merhawi Kudus (EF Education-EasyPost) attacks now.

Yes, EF Education-EasyPost are actually racing the Giro d'Italia if you were wondering. It's hard to think of a less visible team so far in the race, despite their special edition kits.

188km to go

De Marchi, Bais and Naesen have around 10-12 seconds on the peloton.

The gap is edging up now as the peloton slows a little. 25 seconds now.

Kudus didn't make it across.

Yet more riders attempting to get away. Lawson Craddock (BikeExchange-Jayco) is at the front of the peloton.

183km to go

That upping of the pace has brought the breakaway trio back to within 15 seconds.

Lotto Soudal are still marking moves at the front. They're not placing anybody in the moves, so are clearly hoping to let a move go and then ride for Caleb Ewan later on.

Now back up to 28 seconds as the attacking stops.

The front of the peloton is spread across the road so it looks like that's that.

180km to go

45 seconds to the leading trio.

1:15 now. It looks like the battle for the break is all over.

Only around 80km left to run until the riders hit the first hills of the stage. Should be thrilling.

174km to go

Three minutes for the three breakaway riders now.

Alpecin-Fenix have two men up front in the peloton. Lotto Soudal also have two up there. They're riding along pretty slowly at the moment.

Here's a shot of the peloton early on during the stage because why not.

171km to go

4:15 for the break now.

Now the gap is up to 5:30. Nothing going on.

Sam Oomen and Juan Pedro López talk at the rear of the peloton.

López apologies to Oomen after bidon incident on Blockhaus

Spaniard remains narrowly in lead after a gutsy defence of pink jersey

And Oomen's teammate Tom Dumoulin has some fun with them.

Alejandro Valverde stops with a mechanical.

165km to go

Alpecin-Fenix and Lotto Soudal fully in control at the head of the peloton now. 

Six minutes up to the breakaway.

Another peloton shot.

Mark Cavendish stops at the side of the road for a natural break.

Or maybe it was a bike change. The footage cut away but his team car was there as he got going again. No worries, anyway.

160km to go

6:15 between break and peloton.

A look at the breakaway.

150km to go

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert also have a man at the head of the peloton.

6:20 to the breakaway.

The peloton will pass through Filottrano later on today, hometown of Michele Scarponi. Astana Qazaqstan have special bidons today in memory of their former rider, who was killed five years ago after being hit by a driver while out training.

The peloton is strung out in a long line at the moment but the pace isn't high.

Lotto, Alpecin, and Intermarché still in control of the peloton.

This is the sixth stage of 10 so far that has been 190km or more in length. The next two stages are both over 200km long.

Needless.

Lotto Soudal are hoping to deliver Caleb Ewan to a victory today before he leaves the race ahead of the final week mountain stages.

Clock is ticking for Ewan to take a Giro d'Italia stage win

135km to go

5:40 is the gap at the moment, just gone down a little.

Exciting scenes here at the Giro d'Italia as race leader Juan Pedro López gets some suntan lotion!

The first half of this stage runs alongside the train track up the coast and the Giro d'Italia pink train has been accompanying the peloton so far. It's something to look at, at least.

127km to go

A 44.8kph average speed so far. Pretty quick but not very interesting.

Oh here's that train. Very interesting stuff...

122km to go

Five minutes between break and peloton (and train).

The gap continues to gradually come down. 4:30 now. Still all run on the pan-flat coastal road.

Still nothing else going on at the moment. The situation remains the same.

112km to go

It's still Intermarché, Lotto, and Alpecin at the front of the peloton.

No surprise that the three teams are working for Van der Poel, Girmay, and Ewan today.

107km to go

The three up front still working together on the flat roads. 4:25 back to the peloton.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert now have their whole team on the front in among a few from Alpecin and Lotto. We're nearing the 100km mark now.

100km to go

Finally we reach the 100km to go mark. Almost at the halfway point!

Still a 4:45 advantage for the breakaway.

97km to go

Bais leads Naesen and De Marchi across the first of the two intermediate sprints today.

Will the peloton spring into life as they approach the intermediate sprint?

Groupama-FDJ head to the front.

Giacomo Nizzolo launches!

He leads the way across the sprint point in Civitanova Marche.

Arnaud Démare is next some way back. Biniam Girmay is next. Thomas De Gendt was also up there.

Fun!

The hills begin very soon...

93km to go

Five points for Nizzolo, four for Démare, three for Girmay, two for De Gendt, one for Gaviria.

The breakaway start the first of the hills, unclassified though.

Alpecin-Fenix back on the front of the peloton.

Chris Juul-Jensen has ventured out of the peloton and he has quickly built a 20-second lead. The break is still another four minutes up the road, though.

85km to go

Juul-Jensen not making much headway here. It's livened up the race a little bit, at least.

Meanwhile, De Marchi leads the break over the first climb of the day, the fourth-category hill at Crocette di Montecosaro.

Juul-Jensen is close to being caught back already.

81km to go

And he's caught. 4:15 up to the break.

Ewan is at the back of the peloton as the peloton tackles an unclassified climb. Is he in difficulty already?

78km to go

Alpecin and Intermarché work at the front.

Richard Carapaz is at the rear of the peloton, too. He has bits of grass on his back and has clearly gone down at some point.

Downhill now as the riders head towards the next classified climb, another fourth-category hill at Recanati.

Ewan is out the back on his own now.

74km to go

The break still has four minutes.

Up to the climb of Recanati for the break now.

David de la Cruz (Astana Qazaqstan) tries an attack on the climb.

A shot of the peloton tackling the hills today.

The break are on a steep part of this climb, which reaches 16-18% in places.

It's 3.45km long at an average of 6.9%.

70km to go

3:20 between the break and peloton at the moment.

De Marchi takes the points over the top followed by Bais and Naesen.

De la Cruz on the move. He's just been caught back by the peloton now as they ride towards the top.

Mark Cavendish is out the back of the peloton on the steep incline.

Three hours of the stage done with now. Not much to report so far – break up the road, Ewan dropped. That's about it.

Not much change in the race over the past few kilometres. The gap has come down quite a bit, though.

58km to go

2:35 between break and peloton now.

Van der Poel stops with a mechanical problem. Something wrong with his drivetrain.

He gets a bike change and chases back on.

Van der Poel accelerates as he makes his way through the cars following the peloton.

Frankie, the parrot who often accompanied Michele Scarponi on training rides, is in Filottrano waiting for the race to pass. A nice gesture.

Carapaz also chases back to the peloton with a couple of teammates. Not sure what the issue was there.

Van der Poel is reportedly 35 seconds back and he's chasing entirely alone...

He's not overly worried, though. He speeds past his team car again and quickly grabs an ice pack from an outstretched hand of his directeur sportif before sticking it down his back in one action.

50km to go

Dries De Bondt drops back to help Van der Poel.

And now Van der Poel is back in the peloton.

2:10 up to the breakaway.

A shot of Van der Poel making his way back to the peloton a few moments ago.

It's uphill to Filottrano for the breakaway. It's an intermediate sprint point at the top of the climb, however. Three-, two-, and one-second time bonuses on offer.

Bais leads the way into Filottrano.

He leads the way across the sprint point ahead of De Marchi as the riders pass a big banner honouring Scarponi.

Back downhill for the breakaway now, but they'll be climbing again soon with more unclassified lumps yet to come.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert lead the peloton over the sprint.

43km to go

1:40 between the break and peloton now.

Seconds keep dropping away from the break's lead. The trio keep pushing on out front, though.

Not a whole lot going on right now. Three major hills left to run, though only one is categorised – the final climb at Monsano (4.2km at 4.2%), which peaks 8.5km from the line.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert and Alpecin-Fenix continue to lead the peloton, as they have done all day.

35km to go

1:10 for the break as they pass under the 35km banner.

A look at the scene in Filottrano as the riders passed through.

Juul-Jensen attacks again!

Dries De Bondt leads the chase behind him.

32km to go

Bike change for Tom Dumoulin at the back of the peloton

Juul-Jensen is with De Bondt and Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) here, but just a few seconds up on the peloton.

30km to go

De Marchi, meanwhile, has jumped away from his breakaway companions.

De Bondt and Rota are just sitting on Juul-Jensen in this move. Unsurprising given their team leaders.

A minute up to the breakaway now.

That small attack group is back in the peloton and Alpecin and Intermarché are back working.

Dumoulin gets back to the peloton.

27km to go

De Marchi still out front here, pushing on downhill.

50 seconds to the peloton from De Marchi. Bais and Naesen are just 10 seconds up on the main group.

And now it's all over for Bais and Naesen. Another chunk of kilometres for Bais to add to his Fuga Pinarello breakaway classification lead.

23km to go

De Marchi continues his push out front alone. 45 seconds back to the peloton.

His advantage is only coming down, though.

Another climb but it's unclassified. Rein Taaramäe leads the peloton for Intermarché.

Down to just 15 seconds now as the riders head uphill.

21km to go

De Marchi grabs a drink from a soigneur. He's not far off being caught now.

Cavendish and Ewan might have been dropped but the likes of Démare and Gaviria are still in the peloton along with Girmay and Van der Poel.

De Marchi's adventure comes to an end, just under 21km from the finish.

All together now. Intermarché and Alpecin continue to lead the way. Surely we'll see some moves on this upcoming final climb.

20km to go

Taaramäe continues to lead it as they head downhill once more.

7km to go until they start the climb.

It should be a quiet period once more as the peloton race towards the climb.

Now Alpecin-Fenix are on the front as Ineos Grenadiers also move up.

UAE, Astana, DSM also present near the front.

16km to go

Still all together at the moment, still heading downhill.

Through the 15km mark and Alpecin-Fenix continue to lead.

Ineos Grenadiers also lined up alongside Alpecin-Fenix.

Not long now until they start the climb.

A reminder that it's 4.2km long at an average of 4.2%. Not a very tough one but the peloton will tackle it at a high pace.

Groupama-FDJ and Jumbo-Visma up front now.

12.5km to go

The peloton start the climb to Monsano.

Straight away it's a Jumbo-Visma rider making a move.

It's Tobias Foss after a lead out from Jos Van Emden.

Dries De Bondt chases for Alpecin-Fenix.

11.5km to go

Foss just a few seconds up on the peloton.

And now Foss is caught.

Davide Ballerini, Natnael Tesfatsion, Mathieu van der Poel, Biniam Girmay, and Richard Carapaz all at the front behind De Bondt.

11km to go

Strung out at the front under the high pace.

Démare is still visible some 20 riders back. López still intact too, as expected.

10km to go

De Bondt continues his push.

Blue jersey Diego Rosa is out the back. Ineos take it up at the front after de Bondt finishes his turn.

Sivakov leads the way.

Nibali is up there among the top riders at the front.

Still no big moves yet, just a very high pace.

Porte off the back after doing his job.

The peloton has really been slimmed down on this climb.

Alessandro Covi (UAE Team Emirates) attacks!

Pozzovivo leads the chase.

9km to go

Démare is right at the back and almost dropping.

Final kilometre of the climb. Lucas Hamilton (BikeExchange-Jayco) makes a move behind Covi.

Maybe around 20 riders up front now!

Nizzolo and Démare out the back.

8.5km to go

Covi caught. Pozzovivo drives on.

Bardet, Yates, Carapaz, Hindley – all the big names and climbers up front as they pass the top.

Van der Poel and Girmay there too, of course.

Around 30 men in this group. Another attack from Hamilton on the downhill.

8km to go

Intermarché chase him down.

Another attack now. Nibali!

Van der Poel reacts now.

7km to go

No real gap at the front.

Girmay almost misses a left turn there and drops back in the peloton.

Yates attacks now.

Formolo and Van der Poel chase him. Ciccone behind.

Still a high pace and despite the lack of work done, the attacking means that the likes of Nizzolo and Démare haven't come back.

6km to go

Now Van der Poel jumps.

Van der Poel has Yates, Ciccone, Formolo with him still.

Yates off the front now. Intermarché not far behind this quartet.

5km to go

Now Van der Poel attacks again. Still heading downhill here.

Formolo is chasing. He has a problem with his radio.

Van der Poel with a handful of seconds.

4km to go

Girmay is up there chasing down Van der Poel now. Back together.

Carapaz counter!

Landa and Bardet follow!

Still no separation though.

3km to go

All together again, still.

Hugh Carthy gives it a nudge.

These attacks are about bike lengths rather than seconds. Nobody is able to get a decent gap. Still going downhill here.

Carthy really trying here. He has a second or two.

2km to go

It looks like it'll be all about the finishing sprint really now.

Or a very late attack on the flat.

Carthy is brought back.

1.5km to go

Covi leads the peloton now.

And now Intermarché takes it up.

1km to go

Final kilometre! It'll be a sprint.

Still Intermarché on the front.

500m to go

Nothing yet.

Slightly uphill to the finish. Girmay has Van der Poel behind him.

Girmay launches at 300 metres to go!

Girmay with Van der Poel just behind!

They go head to head!

Girmay has it!

Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) has taken the win on stage 10!

He's the first Eritrean to win a stage of the Giro, or any Grand Tour, and also the first black rider to win a stage at either.

That was the showdown we were all expecting today. Van der Poel waited to come around but he just couldn't pass Girmay.

What a finish. Van der Poel has a very small gap to make it up to Girmay in the sprint. He did it and got alongside him – almost equal – at the head of the race. 

Van der Poel just couldn't make it past, though.

He gave Girmay the thumbs up before the pair crossed the line.

A hug for the duo after the finish, too.

Maglia rosa López also congratulates Girmay.

Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa) rounded out the podium ahead of Wilco Kelderman and Richard Carapaz.

Here's the result.

A shot of Girmay celebrating his historic win.

Here's what Girmay said after the stage...

"Unbelievable. The team all the race since the start we controlled. I don't have any words for my team. I'm really happy. Unbelievable.

"All the team just pulling everybody, even the GC riders like Pozzovivo, Jan Hirt, Rein Taaramäe, everybody. They did a super great job. At the end, Pozzo was amazing. He just came, said to me 'come' in the last 600 metres. He did a really good lead out.

"Until I start the Giro we had the possibility to win, to make good results, so this is also part of the success of our team, my family, everybody. I'm really grateful and happy about what I did."

Yes, it was Pozzovivo who did the lead out for Girmay. What a great few days for the veteran Italian climber.

Girmay celebrates ahead of Van der Poel at the finish.

Here's what Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert directeur sportif Valerio Piva said after the stage...

"It's amazing. I don't realise for the moment we believe in the morning that already some days ago we think of this stage. In the morning we tried to motivate the team. I saw a fantastic team today and he finished an amazing sprint against a big champion like Van der Poel. He beat one of bigger top riders in the world.

"I said to stay together. Stay as much as possible around Bini, try to stay calm. I had two riders there with Pozzovivo and Rota. They did a fantastic job to try to close to everybody in the final, a lot of attacks. Bini missed a corner and it was a moment for panic, but he came back and I'm very happy.

"It meant a lot. A new continent come at the top of cycling. I think that's the future and I think it's important for cycling, the victory of riders from Africa."

A shot of that thumbs-up from Van der Poel to Girmay

Girmay hits himself in the face with the cork from the prosecco on the podium. The only sour note on a historic day for the 22-year-old.

It was close up until the final few metres of the race, where Van der Poel realised he couldn't get past. Here's the finish line shot.

Sprinters Nizzolo and Démare finished 1:02 down in the end. Cavendish was 18:08 down. No word on Ewan yet.

No major GC riders lost any time today.

Ewan was the last man home in 166th place. He finished 31:18 down, while teammate Roger Kluge was 29:37 down.

They were some way behind the next group on the road at 18:08.

Here's our report on the day's action

Girmay celebrates his win on the podium.

Girmay is reportedly heading to hospital for checks after that incident with the cork. It sounds like it hit him in the eye.

All the jerseys are still on the shoulders of the same riders after today's stage, by the way.

Juan Pedro López (Trek-Segafredo) remains in the maglia rosa as overall leader

López is also in the white jersey as the best young rider

Diego Rosa (Eolo-Kometa) is in the blue as leader of the climbers classification

Meanwhile, Démare might not have been in competition for the stage, but he remains in the ciclamino points jersey.

Here's a look back at the final kilometre today.

Girmay taken to hospital after capturing historic victory at the Giro d'Italia

Stage 10 winner injures eye in podium celebrations

Big numbers in that final sprint – a max of 1,400 watts and an average 20-second speed of 55.5kph.

We'll have news and reaction from the race from Domenico Pozzovivo, Mathieu van der Poel, Vincenzo Nibali, Richard Carapaz, Alejandro Valverde, and more. Watch out for all that coming through later this afternoon and evening.

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That's it for me today. Look out for more news coming through the site this evening and be sure to come back tomorrow for stage 11.