Groves won a dangerous stage marked by the falls of Evenepoel and Roglic

The fifth stage of 106th edition of the Giro d’Italia It was played on an ice rink and, as is often the case in these cases, falls were the order of the day, involving two of the great favorites to embrace the glory in Rome next May 28: the Belgian Remco Evenepoel and the slovenian Roglic is a cousin. This fifth chapter of ‘Pink Corsa‘, 171 kilometers between the towns of atripalda and Salernoinvited more to stay on the sofa with a blanket and coffee than ride a bike and earn a salary.

Cyclists are grouped together, the thermal sensation is not pleasant and the asphalt is assumed to be like a Russian roulette. And as soon as it started, an initial break of four runners formed, including the leader of the mountain, the French. thibaut pinotwho wanted to increase his lead in this classification on the first mountainous difficulty of the day, the Serra Pass (3.9 km at 7.4%). Two of the four escapees hit the ground in a right-hand curve and Pinot miraculously survived the accident, achieving his goal of keeping the mountain jersey tighter to the body.

Evenepoel gave the big initial scare

The runners, seeing how the patio was, went with four eyes and all five senses focused on the road, which did not stop the Belgian from a little less than 150 kilometers from the finish line. Remco Evenepoel landed on the ground. Passing through a populated nucleus, a dog attacked part of the road, the peloton moved to the right and it seemed that the drum of one of the riders fell to the ground which caused the fall of the young Belgian world champion and the mule. a partner. The fall caused alarm, as Remco was slow to get up and when he got up he couldn’t hide an obvious limp.

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Luckily and with his guardian angel protecting him, Evenepoel rejoined the race and with the help of his teammates. Soudal-Quick-Step he rejoined the platoon.

First, the French Thomas Champion and the italians Samuele Zoccarato and Stefano Gandín They lead the stage. Their difference in respect to the peloton was never like the dream that they could fight for victory on their own. The last preserver of the type is the runner of Bardiani Zoccarato, with a disability that change is not good for him, and six kilometers from Salerno –town where the great champions like Alfredo Binda (1929), Fausto Coppi (1949), Moreno Argentino (1983) either Stefano Allocchio (1985) won the stages of the Giro – was neutralized, thanks to the work ofhe is Alpecin yesl Travel because the stage was decided in a sprint.

A new race is born and because of its beginning there will be a new fall, in another right-hand curve many riders go to the ground and among them are Roglic is a cousin. The three-time champion of the return he got up as fast as he could, a teammate left his bike for him and the rest of the teammates rode with him until they reached the main group of the peloton where there were only about 25 riders in the lead.

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And there are still two incidents left, and one of them will be Remco Evenepoel again, although the good news for him is that it happened in the last three kilometers and despite the anger, the disaster was not big. Worse is the violence of the fall in the sprint dispute, a disaster that can be seen coming due to the slippage of the white lines on the asphalt and the manhole covers. cavendish slipped on one of these white stripes, went public and immediately fell to the ground, causing several cyclists to fall, including Italian AG2R Citroën Andrea Vendrame who was taken to the hospital.

In the end, victory for the Australian Kaden Groves and the norwegian Andreas Leknessund he kept the leader’s ‘pink jersey’, in a dog day whose consequences could have been worse for the cyclists and the race itself. Forget it.