The first road stage of the second Giro week took the peloton from Porcari to Chiavari over a distance of 195 kilometres. The decisive part of the stage came in the finale. After an opening section on rolling roads, the riders faced three categorized climbs in the closing phase. 

After the start, a long battle developed for a place in the breakaway of the day. Following two fast opening hours, sixteen riders managed to gain some space from the peloton. The large leading group gradually thinned out during the difficult finale. In the end, Jhonatan Narváez and Enric Mas proved to be the strongest riders from the breakaway. The two fought for the stage win, with Narváez coming out on top. 

In the peloton, the general classification favourites did not attack each other on the climbs. A large group crossed the finish line three minutes behind the stage winner. Jonas Vingegaard remains second in the general classification, 27 seconds behind pink jersey holder Afonso Eulálio. 

“The climbs in the finale still made it a tough stage,” Vingegaard said afterwards. “As a team, we stayed alert in the peloton and reached the finish without any problems. My feeling on the bike was good today, and that’s positive with the tough stages that are still to come in the next few days.”