Astana rider Simone Velasco finishes 10th in Giro de’Italia stage 6

ASTANA. KAZINFORM The 6th stage of the Giro de’Italia multiday cycling race ended on May 11, Kazinform learned from Sports.kz.

Danish rider Mark Pedersen from Trek-Segafredo became the first to cover a distance of 162km . Italy's Jonatahn Milan from Bahrain-Victorious came second and Germany's Pascal Ackermann from the UAE Team Emirates is third.

As for Astana Qazaqstan Team, Simone Velasco showed the best result having finished 10^th. Luis León Sánchez came 32^nd, Joe Dombrowski is 107^th, Vadim Pronskiy is 138^th, Gianni Moscon is 139^th, Christian Scaroni is 140^th, Marc Cavendish is 141st and Samuele Battistella is 142^nd.