Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia - a rounded 200km flat ride up the Adriatic coast from Civitanova Marche to Forli. There's just one small Cat.4 lump and so this one is nailed on to see the sprinters reconvene in a fast and furious mass finale.
Giro d'Italia
Stage 10 | Flat | Men | 19.05.2015
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Updated 19/05/2015 at 15:20 GMT
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Confirmation that Richie Porte drops out of the top three after that puncture. He lost 47 seconds and is now 1:09 down on race leader Alberto Contador. Spain's Mikel Landa leapfrogs Porte into third place behind his Astana team-mate Fabio Aru.
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What a day - the break holds on when it should have been a sure fire sprint, and one of the GC favourites loses a large chunk of time after an inopportune mechanical.
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Richie Porte is led over the line by his Sky team-mates after that puncture - and he's 1:05 down on the winner, and will lost more than 35 seconds on his GC rivals.
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The peloton is led home by Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek) about 30 seconds down.
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Matteo Busato took second place, and local lads Alessandro Malaguti and Alan Marangoni finish third and fourth.
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Victory for Nicola Boem of Bardiani-CSF!
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Marangoni is tiring... Boem has rounded him...
1km
Alan Marangoni clearly doesn't trust his sprint because he's made his move very early. He has a small gap over the cobbles - but Malaguti who takes the chase up...
1.5km
They're going to hold on. Incredible scenes. Now it's a question of whether or not it will be a local lad who takes the win. And Marangoni attacks!
2.5km
Solidarity from his fellow Australian as Michael Matthews joins the Sky train trying to reel Porte back to the pack. In the peloton, riders from the teams of the leading quartet are trying to get on the front to slow the pace.
3km
The peloton is 55 down on the four leaders - and Porte is 35 seconds further back. Drama on the Giro...
4.5km
Yes, and that was a mechanical issue for Team Sky's Richie Porte - so he needs to fight back on just as the hammer has gone down. It will be interesting to see if that affects Viviani's chances - he'll have to do it all on his own if it comes to a bunch sprint.
5km
Just the one minute now as a rider pings off the front of the pack...
6km
Big sense of urgency now in the peloton - and there are some Sky riders off the back. Is that because Porte or Viviani have been distanced? Interesting...
7km
Still 1:15 for these four Italian tearaways - it will be the biggest day in the careers of all four of these riders were they to defy the peloton and stay out for the win.
9km
If Marangoni comes from nearby the finish, then Malaguti can do one better: the 27-year-old is actually from Forli. So we have two riders looking for a priceless home win. What a story this would be...
10km
Gatto is reeled in and the quartet now have 1:30 over the pack. It's touch and go.
11km
Poor Gatto, he's decided to call it a day and wait until the peloton sweep him up - it was too much of a big ask. And the leaders have lost their most experienced man.
13km
Puncture for Oscar Gatto - heartbreaking for the Italian, who will struggle to fight back on on his own.
14km
No can do for Kung, who is reeled in by the pack. Now Lotto-Soudal, Trek and Giant Alpecin are roaring on all cylinders on the front of the pack.