Giro d'Italia Stage 11 to Montalcino: Gallery

Giro d'Italia Stage 11 to Montalcino: Gallery

The best images of a Giro d'Italia gravel epic. Here is the 2021 Strade Bianche stage in pictures

Gallery Giro Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2021 Montalcino Photos: Getty Images Stage 11

The Strade Bianche stage. After leaving Perugia, stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia seemed standard enough. However, a unique prospect awaited the riders on their way to the finish in Montalcino: 35 kilometres of gravel.

The ride to Montalcino was action-filled. Egan Bernal, his pink jersey shining through the mud and dust, changed the course of the Giro whilst Remco Evenepoel tumbled down the leaderboard. The breakaway were destined to win the stage and young Mauro Schmid claimed his first professional victory.

Here are the images from a spectacular day on the gravel at the Giro d'Italia 2021. 

The peloton charge onto the first gravel sector (Image credit: Tim De Waele/Getty Images)
Vincenzo Nibali, or 'Lo Squalo', at the front of the peloton. By the end of the stage he had moved up to 14th position in the GC (Image credit: Tim De Waele/Getty Images)
Egan Bernal feeling the pain (Image credit: CorVos/SWPix)

The early breakaway were gifted an early lead of almost 15 minutes, all but deciding that victory would come from one of the 11 riders (Image credit: Luca Bettini/Getty Images)

Image credit: CorVos/SWPix

Jumbo-Visma duo George Bennett and Tobias Foss emerge from the dust following an early attack. It would be a fine day for the Norwegian who moved into the top 10 overall (Image credit: Tim De Waele/Getty Images)

Mauro Schmid celebrates defeating Alessandro Covi in the uphill drag to the line in Montalcino (Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Filippo Ganna and the Ineos Grenadiers lighting up the race in the first gravel sector (Image credit: Tim De Waele/Getty Images)

Romain Bardet battles across the gravel for Team DSM (Image credit: Tim De Waele/Getty Images)

Image credit: LaPresse

Giro d'Italia 2021 Stage 11 Montalcino FinishEmanuel Buchmann and Egan Bernal enter the final 600 metres with a lead on the other GC contenders (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

The moment of realisation. Mauro Schmid becomes a Grand Tour stage winner (Image credit: Getty Images)

Gallery Giro Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2021 Montalcino Photos: Getty Images Stage 11

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