As the rain fell properly for the first time at the 2025 Giro d'Italia, with it came the chaos that often occurs in the May slot on the calendar, with a "super slippery road" 71km from the finish in Naples causing a mass crash and forcing several riders to abandon the race.
Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was the highest profile rider to leave the race, but stage 6 also saw the maglia rosa Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) hit the deck at high speeds and not contest the finish, with the crash rippling through the bunch and forcing organisers to neutralise racing for 11km.
