The seventeenth stage of the Giro d'Italia was won by Alberto Dainese on Wednesday afternoon. After a flat stage of 197 kilometres, the Italian of DSM was the best in a bunch sprint in Caorle. He narrowly beat Jonathan Milan and Michael Matthews. Geraint Thomas finished in the peloton to keep the pink jersey.

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There have been a few top riders form Scotland over the years, but there seems to be a new group moving onto the top rung of the cycling ladder. Ed Hood spoke to DSM's Oscar Onley last month, now it is the turn of his DSM 2023 teammate Sean Flynn.

As we know, Ed Hood keeps his eyes on the 'promising' riders, so it's good when he sees one of them move up to the top rung of cycling - The WorldTour. Better still for Ed, Oscar Onley is Scottish. We caught with Oscar as he was about to join the team in Spain.

This week Spencer Martin is breaking down the off-season transfer activity of Alpecin-Deceuninck, who has doubled down on their narrow, but highly successful, recruitment strategy, and DSM, who continues to struggle to retain their top talent, while failing to bring in proven veterans or young talent that could turn into future winners.

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Today's stage was always going to be a bunch sprint, but Dries De Bondt nearly upset with a late attack. He was caught with 1,2 kilometres to go and a chaotic sprint ensued. Alberto Dainese pushed his wheel over the line ahead of Fernando Gaviria, Simone Consonni and points leader Arnaud Démare. Juan Pedro López held the overall lead.

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