Thomas's Way of the Cross on Etna and victory for Ecuadorian Caicedo

In Giro he falls in love with his unpredictable attractiveness.

The great beneficiary of the first day sinks in the third.

No one can settle into this tachycardia race.

, the best of the favorites in the Palermo time trial, the candidate with a vindictive desire for his exclusion from the Tour, fell at the neutralized start and lost all his podium options on the ascent to Etna.

The Welshman dropped off the peloton with 18 kilometers to go to the conclusion, the leader

stayed with him and acted as a gregarious sacrifice.

and

also came to their aid

.

But the help of the trio could hardly reduce the damage suffered by the disconsolate leader of the ranks.

An endless Stations of the Cross to the top of the volcano, where he gave up more than 12 minutes with the winner of the stage, the Ecuadorian

.

Another tremendous blow for Ineos in this inclement season.

On the Tour

gave in

and the British squad was stripped naked by the superiority of the Jumbo Visma.

A difficult failure to lead for the training with the highest budget, the insatiable hoarder of top-tier riders.

Unexpected setbacks and misfortunes torment

, who no longer knows what to invent to maintain the necessary competitive tension.

After Thomas's hit, the responsibility of the group in the Italian round passes to the young British

(25 years old), a good climber but without experience in the assumption of gallons.

Now,

will have more freedom of movement, today he tried it on the ascent to Etna.

Bad season for Ineos, which only has the Tour of Spain left to save the furniture.

It would be paradoxical if Chris Froome, also removed from the Tour and that next year he leaves for the Israel team, was the savior.

In this surprising cycling, it would not be surprising if Bernal, Thomas and Froome coincided in the Spanish round.

And this is a Giro not to be missed.

In just three days three favorites have been affected: Thomas,

(retired in the opening time trial) and

.

The Briton could not stand the pace of the peloton on the climb to Etna and with seven kilometers left he lost contact.

The Mitchelton boss failed and the attacks were fired, with Castroviejo,

,

,

,

.

Always ahead the Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo (27 years old), Richard Carapaz's friend, who got into the good break of the day and claimed victory in the first high end.

Ecuador's new party at the Giro.

Caicedo is double champion of his country in time trial and road in 2019 and winner of the Vuelta a Colombia in 2018. The former Movistar rider led Nibali's group by 44 seconds and Yates by 4.23.

Thanks to this advantage and the bonuses, he is the co-leader of the event, together with the Portuguese Joao Almeida.

The third is Pello Bilbao, 37 seconds behind.

Intense emotions in the most unpredictable Giro.

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