the teams of sprinters are set up in the final… Follow the sixth stage of the Tour of Italy

After equaling Hinault and Anquetil on Wednesday, winning in Messina, will Démare overtake them in stride? What is certain is that he should be part of the final packing of the sixth stage, Thursday May 12, at Scalea. A rather flat day where only a fourth category climb will raise the heart rate of the runners. A difficulty that everyone should pass without worries, in particular Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan, revengeful after having been trapped the day before by the acceleration of the peloton in a second category climb.

Cyclamen jersey on the shoulders, the native of Beauvais is naturally one of the favorites, but the competition will surely be tougher with the presence of the Briton and the Australian. Already six times stage winner on the Giro, Arnaud Démare could become the first Frenchman to win seven stages on the Tour of Italy, two years after his four successes during the 2020 edition.