Démare edges Sagan and Hodeg in sprint finish to stage 11Almeida retains overall leader’s pink jersey by 34 secondsArnaud Démare earned his fourth stage victory at this year’s Giro d’Italia by winning the 11th stage in another mass sprint, and João Almeida held on to the overall leader’s pink jersey.
Démare edged Peter Sagan and Álvaro Hodeg at the end of the mostly flat 182km (113-mile) leg from Porto Sant’Elpidio to Rimini along the Adriatic coast. Fernando Gaviria was the first to launch his sprint, with 200 metres to go, but Démare responded immediately.