Elia Viviani (Quick-Step floors) sprints to stage 17 victory of Giro d'italia.

Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floor's) Beats Sam Bennett  (Bora-Hansgrohe) to win Giro d'Italia stage 17 while.

Simon Yates (Mitchellton-Scott) finishes safely to keep the maglia rosa for another day. No change on GC, despite the four hours of chaos we've just enjoyed. 

Elia Viviani is the first Italian in the last 13 years to win four stages at a single Giro d'Italia edition.

How it unfolded 

The final week of the Giro d'Italia continued with a 155-kilometre stage from Riva del Garda to Iseo. It would be another picturesque day out, not that the riders would have time to admire it. With a climb from kilometre zero, and many taking the time trial as a second rest day, stage 17 was always going to be a challenging stage, but few could have predicted just how challenging it would be.

A mechanical issue for one of the Quick-Step Floors riders delayed the start, and the neutral section lasted past kilometre zero, but once the action began it barely relented. Groups upon groups of riders went clear on the climb, but none were able to build a sustainable lead. Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) was one of the most active at the front, and he expressed his displeasure at the situation with a one-finger salute, though it was unclear who exactly it was directed at.

Top Ten General classification standings.

1, Simon Yates (Great Britain) Mitchelton-Scott 69:59:11,
2, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:00:56
3, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:03:11,
4, Chris Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 0:03:50,
5, Thibaut Pinot (France) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:19,
6, Rohan Dennis (Australia) BMC Racing Team 0:05:04,
7, Miguel Angel Lopez (Colombia) Astana Pro Team 0:05:37,
8, Pello Bilbao (Spain) Astana Pro Team 0:06:02,
9, Richard Carapaz (Ecuador) Movistar Team 0:06:07,
10, George Bennett (NewZealand) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:07:01