Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage six of the Giro d'Italia as the race hits mainland Italy for the first time with this punchy-finale'd 217km coastal ride from Reggio Calabria to Terme Luigiane.

And a reminder of the other two jerseys: Jan Polanc, the Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates who won on Mount Etna, is in the maglia azzurra on 43pts - a comfortable 20-point lead over Daniel Teklehaimanot of Dimension Data. And the youth classification is being led by Quick-Step Floors' Bob Jungels, but as he's in pink, it's Britain's Adam Yates of Orica-Scott who is in white.

Some dicey moments for the escapees on the descent as a few of them take one of the hairpin bends a bit too wide after a bit of overcooking. The gap is down to 6:50 ahead of this long, flat coastal stretch - where we've been told it's quite blustery, so the peloton will be alert for any potential echelons forming in the crosswinds.

Stuyven does indeed win that second intermediate sprint and so that is another 20 points. Yes, I got it right the first time: in today's stage there are 20pts up for grabs for the winner of each sprint; it's 10pts for the separate intermediate sprint competition. So... the upshot is that Stuyven is now on 102 points, so he is above Griepel in the maglia ciclamino points classification - but still behind Gaviria on 138.

The five leaders have made it up a short climb to the plateau ahead of the second intermediate sprint at Vibo Valentia. Behind - around 4km behind, to be precise - Cannondale lead the pack up the incline. Expect Stuyven to mop up the points ahead of a descent back towards the coast. The gap is 7:40.

It's still Wilier and Cannondale combining on the front to regulate the lead of the break, which is down to 7:50. And a CORRECTION from earlier: Stuyven only picked up 10pts for that intermediate sprint and so he's up to 72pts, which is fifth in the ciclamino standings; he'll need to take the next one to move up to 82 points and third behind Greipel.

Talking of intermediate sprints, it's time to fill you in on the points classification. Yesterday, Fernando Gaviria leap-frogged Andre Greipel in the battle for the maglia ciclamino by winning the stage and mopping up maximum points in both intermediate sprints after the break had passed through ahead of the pack. The Colombian is now on 138 points to Greipel's 99. It's worth adding that Jasper Stuyven, who just took 20 points, is now up to 82 points and in third place.

The break rides through the first intermediate sprint at Mileto and it's uncontested, with Trek's Jasper Stuyven pocketing the maximum points. The gap is still 8:15 and so it's looking good for the break so far...

A quick reminder of the general classification: Bob Jungels is in the maglia rosa and leads by six seconds over Geraint Thomas, with a swathe of riders tied for time 10 seconds in arrears: the likes of Yates, Pozzovivo, Nibali, Dumoulin, Quintana, Mollema, Van Garderen, Amador, Pinot, Landa and Formolo. They're all the kind of rider who could win today, what with that uphill sprint finish - and with 10 bonus seconds gifted to the winner, we could have a tie at the top of the GC later today...

The leaders are on a gradual uphill rise to the two intermediate sprints - this ascent is not categorised, but it definitely goes up. With two men in the break, Trek-Segafredo have put themselves in a great position to get something from today's stage - especially with someone of the calibre as Stuyven.

In an alternative reality, Luka Pibernik won yesterday's stage; but in reality, he crossed the line and celebrated 6km too early. We spoke to the young Slovenian who made the headlines for the wrong reasons yesterday - and he was predictably sheepish about his mistake...

As for Cannondale, they have numerous cards to play today should it come back together: the uphill finish is one that could suit Davide Formolo, Tom Jelte-Slagter and Davide Villella, to name but a few.

We pick up the stage LIVE now and the five-man break have a large gap of 8:40 over the pack, which is being led by Wilier-Selle Italia and Cannondale - two teams that missed getting in the break and hope to get something from this stage. Indeed, the word on the street is that Filippo Pozzato, the frizzy-haired veteran at Wilier-Selle Italia, has marked today's stage as one that he can potentially win.

Earlier, the riders crested the first of two categorised climbs, the Cat.3 Barrit Terri, and it was Andreetta who took maximum points from the break ahead of Dillier and Stuyven.

The peloton sat up once the break formed and the gap grew to almost right minutes.

A handful of riders tried to bridge over but to no avail - but there was better luck for Simone Andreetta (Bardiani-CSF) and Silvan Dillier (BMC), who manage to join the leaders. The gap quickly increased to around three minutes.

A break went away after five kilometres - and it's that man Lukas Postlberger, the Austrian from Bora-Hansogrohe who wore the race's first pink jersey after his unexpected victory in stage one. He's joined by Trek-Segafredo duo Jasper Stuyven and Mad Pedersen.

191 riders took to the start today in Reggio Calabria - and could today be a day that the break goes the distance? The forecast is for a stiff breeze coming off the coast - that may make thinks rather spicy.

Here's what the riders have in store today... quite a feisty finale could be on the cards.

Yesterday, Fernando Gaviria claimed a hectic bunch sprint in Messina to snare his second stage win of the Giro d'Italia, as team-mate Bob Jungels retained the pink jersey. Gaviria, the 22-year-old Quick-Step Floor sprinter making ripples on his Grand Tour debut, once again proved his pedigree by surging past Irishman Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) on the home straight of the 159km stage from Pedara in Sicily.