Pello Bilbao
attacks
and
Joao Almeida
gets restless.
The Spanish bravely prepared, but without a prize, the assault on the leadership of a Giro injured by the damn Covid-19.
The Basque escaped from the group of favorites with 20 kilometers to go to the Tortoreto finish line, on a broken route, with small ramps that broke the uniformity of a squad hit by the cold.
Ahead, escapees
Peter Sagan
and
Ben Swift
.
The Portuguese put his gregarious Deceuninck to work to abort the escape of the boy from Bahrain and did not hesitate, even, to jump for the daring squire of
Mikel Landa
.
Meanwhile,
Nibali
and
Fuglsang
suffer
, the Dane gave up a couple of minutes due to a mechanical failure.
This Twist is unpredictable, it is also the appointment of Sagan's rebirth.
The Slovakian scored a victory that he has been pursuing vigorously since last week's outing in Sicily.
Finally, the triple world champion was able to raise his arms.
Fifteen months after the last time, in the 2019 Tour de France. There are already 114 triumphs that adorn the track record of the most media cyclist in recent seasons.
The first in the Giro.
Emotional stage for Sagan and sad for the organizers of a test that today suffered a tremendous blow.
The abandonments of the Mitchelton-Scott and Jumbo Visma teams leave the race much diminished.
The Dutch
Steven Kruijswijk
(Jumbo Visma), third in the Tour de France-2019, and the Australian
Michael Matthews
(Sunweb) for coronavirus positives and the round loses incentives and gains uncertainties.
The bubble has been broken and the consequences are unpredictable, because there is no sport more susceptible to contagion than cycling, due to the permanent contact of the runners and the traveling caravan that accompanies the event.
Every day a different hotel, a different accommodation.
Risk options multiply enormously.
The Tour ended intact, but the Giro bleeds and the depth of the bleeding is still unknown.
"We are doing everything possible to continue with the organization of this Giro. Losing teams is sad and regrettable, but in agreement with them we made the most ethical decision," said
Mauro Vegni
, director of the Giro d'Italia.
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