Starting in the Bardolino wine region next to Lake Garda, the penultimate stage of the 90th Giro d'Italia heads due east through the vineyards of Valpolicella to finish next to the famous Arena di Verona in Piazza Bra. Can local lad Cunego ride as well as he did in the final TT stage of the 2006 Tour de France to defend his Maglia Rosa? Or will Cunego have to race the ride of his life to take the Maglia Rosa from his main foes?
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