Sam Bennett (Bora-Hanagrohe) wins stage 12 and his second stage win of the Giro d'Italia sprinting to victory on the Imola motor racing circuit at the end of a chaotic, rain-soaked final hour of racing storms past and takes the win by a country mile.

The Irishman produced a spectacular long-range effort as he tracked down late attackers Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) and Carlos Betancur (Movistar) in the final 400 metres, before ripping past them and away from the rest of the field.

How today unfolded

After a few early skirmishes, a breakaway went, with a full house of Italian Pro Continental teams. Jacopo Mosca and Eugert Zhupa were there for Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia, Mirco Maestri and Manuel Senni for Bardiani CSF, and Marco Frapporti for Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec. Frapporti has been a constant feature of breakaways so far at this Giro d’Italia, and was already way ahead in the Premio Fuga standings - awarded to the rider with most kilometres spent in the break - before he set off for another 200km or so out front.

Despite some panic late on in the stage for Carapaz, there has been no changes to the top 10 in the overall classification. 

1, Simon Yates (Great Britain) Mitchelton-Scott 51:57:55,
2, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:00:47,
3, Thibaut Pinot (France) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:04,
4, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:18,
5, Richard Carapaz (Ecuador) Movistar Team 0:01:56,
6, George Bennett (NewZealand) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:09,
7, Rohan Dennis (Australia) BMC Racing Team 0:02:36,
8, Pello Bilbao (Spain) Astana Pro Team 0:02:54,
9, Patrick Konrad (Austra) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:55,
10, Fabio Aru (Italy) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:10.