Giro Stage 11: Breaking Down a Stunning Come-From-Behind Victory

How an underdog used chaos to his advantage to beat some of the sport's best sprinters in Reggio Emilia

Team DSM’s Alberto Dainese blew past Fernando Gaviria and Simone Consonni on the classically Italian tree-lined streets of Reggio Emilia to get the biggest win of his young career. An orderly run-in that looked perfect for pre-stage favorites Arnaud Démare, Caleb Ewan, and Mark Cavendish suddenly descended into chaos inside the final 300 meters, which a…