The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.

Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar) has caught Davide Bais (Polti VisitMalta) as the peloton hesitates, to ensure their sprinters survive the climbs in the finale. Matera has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993 and peopel have lived there for 5000 year, initially in caves.

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.

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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