At the starting gathering in Porcari we met Giovanni Ellena, technical director of Polti VisitMalta: "Today is a classic breakaway stage, we hope they give us some room to maneuver. There are cards to play that hold up in the climbs because the finale is very demanding, with over 2,200 meters of elevation gain in the last 100 kilometers".

Your assessment of the race so far?

"It's a Giro d'Italia with an undisputed leader like Vingegaard, some surprises like Eulalio, a rider like Gall who is strong in the mountains and paid for it yesterday in the time trial, but I'm convinced we'll witness a spectacular final week".

in the video you can follow the entire interview with Ellena conducted by Pier Augusto Stagi