This could be one for Wout van Aert, who came second on stage one and was in fine form on all terrain during the Spring Classics, only to come away without a win. His teammate Olav Kooij feels a likely candidate to be distanced on the late climbs, meaning Visma-Lease a Bike could be all-in for the Belgian come the finale.

As it happened: Lidl-Trek show their determination to win yet again on Giro d'Italia Stage 5 Giro d'Italia: Mads Pedersen blazes to sprint victory on stage 3 and reclaims maglia rosa 'I doubted I ...

Casper van Uden has won a bunch sprint at the end of the fourth stage of the Giro d’Italia for the biggest victory of his career

The climbing properly begins on stage six with 2,500m for the sprinters to get over before the expected fast finale

Third place is not bad, it was not the perfect finish for me, pretty explosive', says Brit at the finish, losing out to Pedersen and Zambanini