Attention to those following the Giro on Rai: the pink spot in the bottom right of the TV screen is a graphic quirk of the production and not a sign that the television is breaking down.

Given the inevitable interest sparked by Sinner's return to Rome, the Giro also adapts: Scaroni and Cattaneo with a flat tire are the classic example of an Italian court moment.

Perplexity over the time graphics used in the Tirana time trial: it is suspected that they derive from the methods by which mathematician Alan Turing deciphered Nazi war codes.

'Hey Baldo', 'To you Tommy', 'Bravo Cicco' (The Rai and Eurosport commentators provide an excellent example of the Giro's familiar atmosphere).

Problems for riders who on Repubblica confused the pink weather map with the Giro map: many wondered what stages were indicated by the clouds.

Satisfaction at Rai for the line handover between Albania and Lecce: upon the Giro's return to Puglia, they are considering transferring the hosts to Tirana and leaving them there until Rome.

Q 36.5, the Swiss team invited to the Giro, clarifies that they brought Moschetti as suitable for sprints and not to gain favor with the center-right government.

'Now I'll come back down to earth' (Umberto Martini, Rai correspondent among the crowd, explains in his own way what it means to request a line on the fly).