Australian Cayden Groves from the Alpecin team is the winner of stage six of the Giro d'Italia.
In addition to the honors and recognition of Groves' stage victory, the race was also literally canceled due to a massive crash 70 kilometers from the finish in extremely slippery conditions on the 227-kilometer stage from Potenza to Naples.
The longest stage of this year's Giro thus had only one winner, and the organizers decided not to count the time in the overall score, and Groves was left without the 10-second bonus for the stage win.
Groves crossed the finish line a few seconds before the five-hour mark, ahead of Cofidis rider, Belgian Milan Fretin.
Paul Mange of the Soudal-Quickstep team, who had crashed earlier in the stage, finished third.
Dane Mads Pedersen, who won three stages and wears the pink jersey, retained the lead in the general classification, although he was only 160th, as the time from stage six does not count. Slovenian Primož Roglić is his closest follower, still 17 seconds behind.
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