Giro d'Italia 2022 stage 8 - How to watch on Saturday, tv and live stream details, timings and route

The GC action resumed on Stage 7 at the Giro d’Italia, which saw Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) claim a maiden Grand Tour stage win. Spain’s Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo) retained the race leader’s pink jersey. Saturday sees a short, sharp Stage 8 — a 153km traipse around Napoli — that will culminate in a sprint along the Via Caracciolo seafront after four laps of a 19km circuit between Bacoli and Monte di Procida.

It contains 2,130 metres of climbing over an undulating terrain, so should be one for sprinters who are not averse to a little bit of climbing. Adam Blythe, speaking on The Breakaway, described the stage as «absolutely bonkers». Ad/> «It is going to be brilliant,» began Blythe.

Giro d'ItaliaGiro d'Italia 2022 Stage 7 — Route map, how to watch as GC battle looms14 HOURS AGO «We're going to have a proper little one-day race. It is going to be fast, furious, with little laps, [there will be] climbs, descents. [Plus there are] terrible roads around Naples — there's dogs running everywhere as well, and there's garbage fires in the middle of the road.

Everything is going to be absolutely bonkers. »It's going to be like a little classic race in the middle of a Grand Tour. It's just going to be fast, furious, and I think it's going to be open to attacks, maybe even a sprint, maybe Giacomo Nizzolo (srael–Premier Tech) might be there? Who knows? I'm like rubbing my hands for it.