By Pa Reporter
Published: 22:27 BST, 21 May 2019 | Updated: 22:27 BST, 21 May 2019
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Arnaud Demare claimed his first win of 2019 with victory on stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia in Modena.
The Frenchman held off Italian national champion Elia Viviani and Rudiger Selig in a reduced sprint after a crash under the flamme rouge brought down several riders, including Bora-Hansgrohe's sprinter Pascal Ackermann in the points leaders' ciclamino jersey.
With only a handful of riders left to contest stage honours, Groupama-FDJ's Demare launched his sprint on the left while Lotto-Soudal's Caleb Ewan raced down the right.
Arnaud Demare claimed his first win of 2019 with victory on stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia
Demare of Groupama - FDJ team celebrates on the podium after their victory
The Frenchman popped open some champagne after the 145km race from Ravenna to Modena
Deceunick-QuickStep's Viviani, running out of opportunities to win a stage of this race in the Italian jersey, looked to come through the middle and though he and Ackermann's team-mate Selig rounded a fading Ewan, Demare had the power to hold them off.
Some minutes later Ackermann eventually crossed the line surrounded by team-mates with his jersey and shorts badly ripped and facing some uncomfortable nights' sleep in the week to come, though with the crash coming inside the final three
