The 19th Giro stage shortened following protests from riders

The antepenultimate stage was shortened at the request of the riders -

Not happy, not happy, not happy!

The Giro riders, annoyed by the length of the route and the particular weather conditions, won their case: the 19th stage between Morbegno and Asti will not extend over 258 km as was initially planned.

It is true that in the aftermath of the Stelvio hell, it was still a lot.

The riders' representatives obtained from the organizers this modification of the route which shortens the longest stage of the Giro, lengthened the day before by 5 kilometers because of the collapse of a bridge.

The peloton has to face heavy rain over Lombardy in this plain stage which comes after three long stages of around six hours of racing for the first.

One last mountain stage before the final stopwatch

The transfer for the new start given to the north of Milan is planned by bus for the different teams, each with a pullman.

A final mountain stage is scheduled for Saturday before the final time trial in Milan on Sunday.

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