Straight away after the rest day we expect tough day. The stage is difficult throughout and becomes toughest when we hit very steep 10km long climb. There might be some narrow roods too, so we have to be at the front and try not to lose any stupid time here.

We have six stages that are more than welcome for most of the peleton, all are much easier than the last 2 days we had to endure. We expect most of them do end in a bunch sprint, while stage 12 looks like the bets bet for a breakaway win.

Stage 14 is the first really tough stage of this year's Giro. Including two tough climbs, both climbs total to over 45km of climbing for the peleton on that today. Adding to that the long distance, of over 200km we may see many riders struggle on the slopes of both mountains.