The whole peloton was ready this Saturday at the starting line of the eleventh of the Vuelta, in Villaviciosa, heading to Alto de la Farrapona, and when the start time arrived, no one started except a cyclist,
Luis Ángel Maté
, who turned and yelled to the rest: "Come on, man!"
A boycott.
Like the one who a few days ago minimized a monumental stage of the Giro, although this time the sky over Asturias was bluer than ever and the mileage accumulated on the cyclists of the riders was acceptable.
What were they complaining about then?
Three seconds.
The Ineos team with
Chris Froome
to the head, organized the plant because the previous day the organization had awarded three seconds ahead of
Primoz Roglic
on
Richard Carapaz
when they arrived almost together to the finish.
The protest, logical if the images of the arrival in Suances are reviewed, did not take place in the offices -as usual- or in other instances, if not on the asphalt, a strange fact.
So maybe it only lasted a few minutes and ended quickly.
At the insistence of Maté, another rider,
Luis León Sánche
z, jumped out of the group and, in the end, among some Movistar and the director of the Vuelta,
Javier Guillén
, they convinced the Ineos cyclists to start.
None of the Ineos explained to cameras the reasons for their protest, but runners from other teams did, such as Education First's Michael Woods.
He explained that they supported the protest of Froome and company because on Friday his partner
Hugh Carthy
lost 10 seconds due to an alleged change of rules in the middle of the stage.
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