«I think everyone will race their own race today» (Giada Borgato, Rai commentator, suggests that in cycling you can also race someone else's race).

Congratulations from the Frecce Tricolori leadership for Alberto Bettiol's victory: as an aviation enthusiast, he gave an excellent demonstration of how to take flight.

Explanation for why at the passage through Vercelli a good part of the peloton had a happy expression on their faces: many had been warned that that was the rice city.

Curiosity about Unibet's communication, which uses language appropriate to the sponsor: for the French team the Giro is not a stage race, but an episodic one.

Satisfaction at CERN for having identified a new unit of measurement: given the billboards that appeared at the Giro, the power of patron Cairo is not measured in watts but in "get-out-of-here-atts."

Concern in the press room over connections with stage finishes: after the ferry boat at Verbania and the cable car at Pila, there are fears that at alpine finishes they will provide skyrolls.

The entourage of Jonas Vingegaard clarifies that there is no connection between the Dane's phone calls to his family after the finish and his telephone attacks.

«How can someone named Afonso get along with this heat?» (Stefano Rizzato, Rai motorcycle commentary, doesn't rely only on technical knowledge, but also on variety show humor).