The animator and moral victor of the queen stage. Ciccone made the early Passo Duran break and turned it into a mountains-jersey raid — winning the points sprints on the Duran and Forcella Staulanza, then taking the Cima Coppi atop the Passo Giau for 50 points that lifted him past Vingegaard into the maglia azzurra. He led over the Giau with Rubio and was still clear on the final climb until Sepp Kuss reeled him in with 2.2 km to go; he held on for third on the stage. A perfect home-roads ride that delivered the King of the Mountains jersey on the Giro's biggest mountain day.

• Won the Cima Coppi on the Passo Giau (50 pts) to take the King of the Mountains jersey from Vingegaard
• 2.2 kmCaught by Kuss on the final climb to Piani di Pezzè; finished 3rd on the stage

Ciccone was active in the move of the day, featuring in the large chasing group behind the initial breakaway alongside Narváez, Mas, Rubio and others. The group crested the early climbs around a minute behind the leaders but Ciccone was not part of the front selection that ultimately contested the win at Andalo. He animated the stage without reaching the decisive ten-man group inside the final 30 km.

• Bridged into the second chasing group on the Passo dei Tre Termini
• 30 kmWas distanced as Valgren's group formed the front selection on the run-in to Andalo

Ciccone was the animator of the day's breakaway in pursuit of the mountains jersey. He crested the first climb at the front and took maximum points on the second, briefly pressing on to gain half a minute before sitting up to wait for fellow escapees. He continued to contest the points on the third and fourth climbs.

• First over the opening climb and took maximum KOM points on the second climb

Ciccone was the most active breakaway rider, going clear over the early Saint-Barthélemy and collecting mountain points all day, beating Van der Lee on the third climb and topping the first summit. He responded to Poels' acceleration on Pila and made a final all-or-nothing attack alongside Einer Rubio inside the last 5.5 km, but the move was caught by the surging favourites about 400 m later.

• Joins the early move on the Saint-Barthélemy, takes mountain points
• 9 kmFollows Poels' acceleration on the Pila climb
• 5.5 kmLast-gasp attack with Rubio, caught ~400 m later

Ciccone was the animator of the day. With 75km to go he launched the chase to bridge to the early break, dragging Ulissi and Aerts across 15km later. He attacked from the front group with just under 12km to go, and accelerated again inside 7.5km to ride solo at the head of the race. He held the lead until Gall and Vingegaard caught him inside the final 1.8km on the steep ramps.

• 75 kmLaunched the chase to bridge to the breakaway with Ulissi and Aerts
• 12 kmAttacked from the front group
• 7.5 kmAccelerated again to go solo at the front
• 1.8 kmCaught by Vingegaard and Gall on the steep finale