Cycling: The tenth stage of the Giro d'Italia had it all. Quite apart from the numerous tasks and falls, we were offered an exciting race on a rain-soaked track. Ultimately, the section ends with a breakaway victory for Magnus Cort.
Magnus Cort braves the bad weather
What awful weather at the Giro d'Italia! It rained almost all day again today. You really have to feel sorry for the professional cyclists. Nevertheless, they gave us a first-class and exciting race, which ultimately ended in Viareggio with a breakaway victory. Magnus Cort (EF Education – EasyPost) once again did what he's known for. The Dane was part of an initial breakaway group of four, which ultimately arrived at the finish line with three riders. There, he gave his rivals no chance. With this win, the Dane has now won a stage in all three Grand Tours. Among the day's losers was Jay Vine (UAE), who lost a lot of time after a crash.
Giro d'Italia: Evenepoel, Uran & Küng are out
Rarely has there been such an eventful rest day as yesterday, Monday, at the Giro d'Italia. There were positive COVID-19 tests and numerous withdrawals. The most prominent figure is, of course, race leader Remco Evenepoel (Soudal – Quick-Step). The Belgian world champion, along with Colombian Rigoberto Uran (EF Education – EasyPost), tested positive for COVID-19. According to current rules, riders are not required to leave the race in such cases, but for health reasons, all teams are taking this step anyway. Also abandoning the race on the rest day were Sven Erik Byström (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty), Domenico Pozzovivo (Israel – Premier Tech), Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin – Deceuninck), Rein Taaramäe (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty), Mads Würtz Schmidt (Israel – Premier Tech), Callum Scotson (Jayco – AlUla), and Stefan Küng (Groupama – FDJ).
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Bad weather: The stage will still not be shortened
The professionals at the Giro d'Italia continue to face unfavorable conditions. The weather was so bad this afternoon that shortening the stage was even discussed. With temperatures below freezing at the highest point of the day, the riders feared too many serious crashes. However, the race organizers remained firm. The full 196 kilometers from Scandiano to Viareggio had to be completed. This was particularly bitter for Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe). The Russian team captain has been feeling unwell since yesterday's rest day. He was dropped from the peloton at the very start of the stage. He battled for a long time with a few sprinters to try and rejoin the group before finally abandoning the race. Meanwhile, the day's breakaway group formed. Derek Gee (Israel Premier Tech), Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco AlUla), Magnus Cort (EF Education EasyPost), and Davide Bais (Eolo Kometa) built up a lead of several minutes.
Davide Bais extends his lead in the mountains classification
For the first time in this year's Giro d'Italia, Movistar team took the lead in the peloton. Although their sprinter, Fernando Gaviria, had been outmatched in the mass sprints so far, the Spanish team seemed to still have faith in the Colombian. The Dutch team DSM also joined the chase. The gap to the leading quartet at the summit of the Passo delle Radici was just under four minutes. Davide Bais (Eolo-Kometa) took all 18 points there, extending his lead in the mountains classification. However, the Italian struggled to keep up on the descent. He wasn't willing to take the risk on the rain-soaked road. Consequently, he had no chance of taking the mountain points on Monteperpoli.
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Bahrain - Victorious launches a full-scale attack
As expected, things were a bit quieter in the peloton on the long descent. At least initially, because suddenly Team Bahrain – Victorious launched a major attack. Their general classification rider, Damiano Caruso, broke away along with his teammates Andrea Pasqualon and sprinter Jonathan Milan. Ineos Grenadiers sent Frenchman Pavel Sivakov to accompany the three Italians as a lookout . Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) was also among them. However, after Milan crashed, the attack was called off. This significantly reduced the lead of the original breakaway. Just over two minutes remained after the second and final categorized climb. But the question also arose: Which team could possibly reel in the breakaway trio?
Jay Vine falls and loses a lot of time
The rain-soaked roads naturally led to numerous crashes again today. Among those affected was Jay Vine (UAE). The Australian crashed on a downhill left-hand bend, dropping him from the peloton and requiring support from his teammates. However, the pace in the peloton was too high, and Vine would lose several minutes that day. The high pace in the peloton was primarily driven by Astana ( Mark Cavendish) , Soudal-Quick-Step ( Davide Ballerini) , and Trek-Segafredo ( Mads Pedersen). As a result, the trio's lead initially dwindled to just 40 seconds. After that, however, the sprinters had no more support riders – and the trio managed to hold on.
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