Lidl Trek, staying at a hotel in Catanzaro Lido, denies having asked the race organization to change the name of the locality to Catanzaro Lidl for at least one day.

Clarification from Rai: 'Bulgarian jewels' is an expression referring to local monuments during the first three stages of the race, not hidden advertising for a well-known jewelry house.

A curious record for the pink jersey wearer Thomas Silva, the first ever to finish in the top three of a stage wearing bib number 227: in this way he will be remembered for a number.

'The goal is to get on the podium. If something better happens, then something better happens. But the goal is to win the Giro'. (Jai Hindley explains what clarity of purpose means).

Confusion among the great scientists who analyze results with numbers: they cannot explain why the equation greater power=victory proves impossible with Jonathan Milan.

Problems for Diego Sevilla on the rest day: after breaking away from kilometer zero in the first three stages, right after breakfast he tried to escape from the hotel.

A blunt comment from the burly mechanic of a foreign team upon learning that the Giro would restart from Magna Graecia: 'What Graecia, I'm interested in the rest'.

'A Colombian gets a flat tire, waits for the team car, another car stops and a man gets out: it's the father of the current pink jersey wearer' (Giada Borgato, Rai commentator, has her own way of creating suspense).