Morning everybody, and welcome to this 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia. With a flurry of mountainous – and sometimes controversial – mountain stages behind us for a moment, and Sunday's race finish in Rome on the not-so-distant horizon, we take a breath today to enjoy what looks like a cut-and-dried sprinter's stage.
Riders who headlined the action earlier in the race – the likes of Jonathan Milan and Kaden Groves – will finally look to have their day again as they eye up a finale unmarked by mountains or, frankly, any hills whatsoever.
