Jhonatan Narvaez scores the hat trick. After the successes in Cosenza and Fermo, the Ecuadorian national champion of the UAE Team Emirates-XRG wins the two-man sprint against the Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar Team), triumphing in the eleventh stage of the Giro d’Italia 2026, the 195 kilometer Porcari (Paper District)-Chiavari. Third place for the Italian Diego Ulissi (XDS Astana Team). Today’s race was marked by many breakaways and a high pace from the first pedal strokes. Among the various climbs of the day, ten riders took off: in addition to the first three, Chris Harper (Pinarello Q36.5), Filippo Zana (Soudal Quick-Step), Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Intermarchè), Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE), Warren Barguil (Picnic PostNL), Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana), Mattia Bais and Ludovico Crescioli (Polti VisitMalta) also took off. dictated the pace at the front, with the big group leaving space for the attackers. With 16 km to go Mas accelerated, the only one keeping the pace was Narvaez, with Harper, Vlasov and Ulissi in pursuit and remaining about 15 behind”.
The two pacesetters battled it out for the sprint victory, which was conquered with power by the Ecuadorian. Nothing changes regarding the pink jersey, despite the best group arriving 3’20” behind: the Portuguese Afonso Eulalio (Bahrain-Victorious) maintains the symbol of primacy with 27″ on the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma|Lease a Bike). Tomorrow the twelfth stage, the 175 kilometer Imperia-Novi Ligure, a stage with two third category climbs and a possible sprint finish, although escapes from afar should not be ruled out.