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.

Malaguti leads the break over the summit of the Cat.4 Monte di Bartolo ahead of Marangoni and Buseto. They still have about four minutes over the peloton, which is being controlled by the IAM team of Matteo Pelucchi, as well as a few individual Lotto Soudal, Trek and Giant Alpecin riders.

So, who are the five leaders again? Oscar Gatto (Androni-Giocattoli), Nicola Boem (Bardiani-CSF), Alessandro Malaguti (Nippo-Vini Fantini), Matteo Busato (Southeast) and Alan Marangoni (Cannondale-Garmin). They've been out on this suicide mission since the 5km point and are now on the only climb of the day.

A reminder that Elia Viviani still wears the red points jersey with 78 points to Andre Greipel's 75. Marco Bandiera, who leads the Fuga classification for the most amount of kilometres out ahead of the race, is third on 60 points.

This morning, Australia's Michael Matthews effectively ruled himself out for the sprint: "For me today I won't be sprinting, I'll just be saving my legs for tomorrow and other opportunities which will be better for me," the 24-year-old told Eurosport. Is it bluff or is it to be expected, given that Matthews is not a pure sprinter in the same league as a Greipel or a Viviani? Time will tell.

The five leaders pass through the feed zone at Fano with a lead of 4:30 over the pack. The road is separated from the beach only by the dual tracks of a railway line.

Puncture for Aru, who needs a quick front wheel change. No fuss or bother on this sunny day on the east coast of Italy. Not a cloud in the sky - much like the Astana jerseys.

The five leaders hold a gap of four minutes after the first 80km of riding, which included just one slight rise but was otherwise pancake flat. The pack is keeping them on a tight leash - probably because of the two intermediate TV sprints which come before the finish with 40km and 22km remaining.

If and when we do see that bunch sprint, who can win? Andre Greipel, the German national champion, is the stand-out favourite after his win last week for Lotto-Soudal. Elia Viviani (Team Sky) also has a win to his name and the red jersey on his shoulders, so he'll be one to watch - as will fellow Italians Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida), Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek). Dutchman Moreno Hofland (LottoNL-Jumbo) is in form, which is more than can be said for Slovenia's Luka Mezgec (Giant Alpecin). Throw in Juan Jose Lobato (Movistar), veteran Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Southeast) and Australian fighter Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) and you have quite a roster of fast men waiting to make their mark.

Today's finish is flat but it does have a few technical moments: after a long, straight, flat run into Forli, thre's a right-hand bend before the 1km point and then a bottleneck ahead of a left-hand bend. We then have a straight of half a kilometre ahead of the finish - which is all but certain to be a bunch sprint. There's also a segment of flag stones which could spice things up.

Of these five escapees, Malaguti, Marangoni and Boem have all been on the offensive so far in this year's Giro. All Italian wildcard teams are involved in this break as they seek an elusive win. Cannondale-Garmin, the fifth team represented here, already have a win through Davide Formolo in stage four.

In other news, Fabio Aru's lawyer confirmed that the Italian is taking legal action against Greg Henderson after the New Zealand veteran accused Aru on Twitter of having a problem with his biological passport. The path is being taken "to protect the good name and honour of Fabio Aru and the team (Astana) he rides for," according to his laywe, Giuseppe Napoleone.

Of course, Porte is staying in his own campervan instead of hotels in a 'marginal gains' experiment by Sky. "It’s great having my own RV, sleeping in the same bed and not having to do the hotel changes and pack your suitcase every day. I think that’s the great thing about this team, they’re making it as stress free as they can for me." Further evidence of that came with Porte and his team-mates getting a helicopter ride for the rest day transfer instead of joining the rest of the race on a plane. "Last night when I got on the helicopter, looked down and saw all the [team] buses loading up... That was probably the best moment this week," said an upbeat Porte.

Some rest day news now. Richie Porte - in his first Grand Tour as Sky's leader - feels he is in "a fantastic position" after the opening week of racing. "We’ve seen that Astana’s really taken the race up. That suits me to be honest, if they really want to make the race hard. I actually thought it would be Tinkoff-Saxo making it hard, but you know, our team has been able to sit back and manage our guys as best we can. To be honest, I haven’t had to attack yet. I think Aru and Landa (Astana) are doing all the attacking for us."

The lead for the five Italians quicky nosed above the two-minute barrier - this one is here to stick, at least for a while.

The first attack of the day came after just 5km of riding as Oscar Gatto (Androni-Giocattoli), Nicola Boem (Bardiani-CSF), Alessandro Malaguti (Nippo-Vini Fantini), Matteo Busato (Southeast) and Alan Marangoni (Cannondale-Garmin) edged ahead in an all-Italian affair.

A reminder of the top five: Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) leads Fabio Aru (Astana) by just three seconds, with Richie Porte (Team Sky) in third place at 22 seconds. Astana duo Mikel Landa and Dario Cataldo are fourth and fifth, at 46 seconds and 1:16 respectively.

No withdrawals over the rest day and so there were 188 riders in the pack when it rolled out of Civitanova this morning.

During yesterday's rest day the remaining riders made the journey north to the province of Macerata in the region of the Marche, just south of Ancona. Their batteries recharged, the next six-day phase of the 98th edition of the Giro d'Italia gets going with this long, but routine flat stage that should ease the pack back into action. The only worry may be some strong crosswinds coming off the coast.