Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 11 - Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia, Italy - May 18, 2022 Team DSM's Alberto Dainese celebrates on the podium after winning Stage 11 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
(Reuters) -Alberto Dainese became the first Italian winner in this year's Giro d'Italia on Wednesday when he clinched victory with a perfectly timed sprint in stage 11, a 203-kilometre (126.14 miles) ride from Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia.
The 24-year-old surged past the favoured trio of French sprint leader Arnaud Demare, Briton Mark Cavendish and Australian Caleb Ewan, before sprinting off his compatriot Simone Consonni to secure his maiden stage win.
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