Acerkmann won another dramatic stage at the Giro full of incidents

Shouting ‘every man for himself’, one of the craziest editions of Italy is spinning. if the ‘Corsa Rosa’ It’s always an unpredictable race, this year he even surpassed himself. Each stage is a lifeless one, and when it’s not the grip of Covid that catches the runners, it’s the route changes due to snow or cyclists falling.

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The 11th episode of ‘Pink Corsa’ It started with the bad news of losing some runners who didn’t start, with up to four teammates. Remco Evenepoel who left the race due to coronavrius –Hirt, Cerny, Vervaeke and Cattaneo-, which was also added by coronavrius Vendrame (AG2R) and Gandin (Corratec) and Tesfatsion (Trek-Segafredo) and Caicedo (EF Education). Before the day started, more than 30 withdrawals had already been registered in one of the most difficult editions in the history of the Giro.

The profile of the stage, with two heights less than the 3rd (Passo Bracco and Colla di Boasi), lends itself to a new battle with no quarter between stage hunters and sprinter teams, with Fernando Gaviriwant to win because of the outcome of Tortona It already won in 2017. Six brave men led the race for many minutes –Champions, the Spanish Diego Pabvlo Sevilla, Magli, Rex, Konychev and Stojnic– while from behind the teams understand each other Astana, Trek, Movistar and Bahrain thinking that the stage will end in a sprint.

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Ineosthe leader’s group Thomas protected his place lieutenant, with Jumbo-Visma by Roglic helpful, and when calm seemed to reign in the peloton some riders from the team Ineos they go to earth together roglic. Like a bad joke, the first three classifieds rolled on the asphalt and the worst unemployed was Tao Geoghegan Hartwho had to be evacuated by ambulance. Roglic and ThomasThey continued to race with sore bodies on another crazy day.

Once the escape is caught, the key to the stage will come out of the last corner before facing the finish line. The strongest of all sprinters is Ackermann, imposed by a sigh on one of the sensations of the Giro, jonathan milanand even Mark Cavendish who is once again on the doorstep of victory and continues to warm his legs ahead of Tour de France.

Can’t be in the fight for victory Gaviria, who was affected by a fall 2 kilometers from the finish line, sustaining a blow to his left arm. We need to be attentive to his medical side and his partner Oscar Rodríguezwhich violently affected a traffic sign and the wall of a house.

This Giro becomes an exercise in survival, even though the race is halfway through and the hardest mountain stage is still ahead. Fingers have to be crossed.