After the organizers and general classification battle, Mads Pedersen retained the pink leader's jersey, and Mads Pedersen retained the pink leader's jersey.

Alpecin-Deceuninck's Australian Kaden Groves won the victory in Naples, winning the 227km phase in four hours, 59:52 as he put Belgian Milan Fretin and Frenchman Paul Magnier on the race.

Denmark's Pedersen was more than five minutes behind to keep the top of the overall ranking, Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic was 17 seconds behind, while Czech Mathias Vacek was 7 seconds behind in third place.

However, the real drama happened earlier when former Giro Champion Jai Hindley was forced to give up the race after a crash, which cost several competitors the race.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe riders, who won the race in 2022, had to withdraw, piled up bikes in slippery conditions and accounted for about 70km of contribution to enter Naples. Australians were treated on the road due to injuries and were unable to recover.

Pedersen was also involved in the crash - affecting about 20 drivers behind Hindley - but was able to continue.

With the rainy roads very slippery, Ecuador's Richard Carapaz is the champion of Giro, Briton Adam Yates and Magnier in 2019, and the man who hit the tarmac.

Hindley, 29, was hit hardest, despite being able to stand up alone and forced to give up, while German riders Juri Hollmann, Czech Josef Cerny and New Zealand's Dion Smith dropped out of school.

After the crash, the stage was neutralized and the riders continued to advance about 20 kilometers at a slower speed before starting a new race and resuming the race.

With a distance of 10 kilometers, Peloton reached the suburbs of Naples, and then the conditions were dry after the pouring rain.

Frenchman Enzo Paleni and Dutchman Taco van der Hoorn then tried to get out, but there were 2.5 kilometers left.

In the last kilometre of the port, Wout Van Aert of Belgium underwent a preemptive split before 26-year-old Groves pushed him for victory.

The seventh phase on Friday is the 168-km mountain range from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo in western Rome, which includes three test climbs.

On the Hungarian tour, there was also a serious crash involving 30 riders, causing Danish rider Frederik Wandahl to be airlifted to the hospital.

Spanish rider Pablo Torres (UAE XRG) has a concussion and a fractured bone. The 19-year-old is in the hospital to be seen.

The Hungarian Tour describes the condition of both riders as "stable".