Nothing Poker of victories For Mats Pedersen On the Naples promenade: the Danish pink jersey retains the primacy in the general classification, but must renounce the Fourth Urrà in six stages at the end of a fraction – the Power-Napolithe longest of the tour with his 227 km – marked heavily by a Maxi fall Which has upset the strategies of the pink jersey to be able to count on an arrival in the sprint congenial to him.
Maxi fall in Sperone: chaos, fear and three retreats
Everything happens to 72 kilometers from the arrival when the group, in pursuit of French Paleni and the Dutch Van der Hootn on the run from 35 km, it is passing through in the municipality of Sperone (Avellino). It proceeds at a slow pace and on a slightly descent section. The asphalt appears in good condition, but the rain It puts the hand into it making it slimy like soap and making the Australian lose the balance Jai Hindley. His ruzzolone causes others to waterfall: in the end there will be about one thirty the runners who will resort to medical care for the bruises reported. Three those who must leave the race: in addition to the same Hindlejone of the top Gregari of one of the favorites for the final victory, the Slovenian RogicGerman Hollmann (for him suspected fracture of the pelvis) and the New Zealand Smith. For Hindlej, winner of Giro 2022, victim of a head trauma And in shocking state, the arrival of the ambulance is necessary.
Neutralization and restart: the stage changes its face
The race is first slowed down and then stopped for about half an hour, with the runners to discuss each other and with the organizers on what to do: then the decision to start from Nola neutralizing the race when they are missing 55 km Upon arrival with the assignment of the only stage victory without abbuons, and neutralizing the detachments.
Groves wins, Pedersen remains in the squad
In the end to smile it is Kaden Groves from the Alpecin that in a rather anomalous sprint, and restricted to a reduced group of sprinters, regulates the Belgian Frein and French Magnier. Pedersen arrives detached, but little matters: the pink jersey He remains firmly on his shoulders. At least for today. Tomorrow with the seventh stage, the Castel di Sangro-Tagliacozzo Of 168 kmIn fact, the first climbs arrive and the hierarchies will change in the standings. Classic Apennine Tapant tomorrow’s, made of climbs and descents with the demanding summit of the Monte Uranoshort but with slopes up to 14%. You also go up beyond the 1200 meters Of Roccaraso he is 1300 Of Ovindoli. The pink jersey knows well: “Most likely – says Pedersen at the end of the race – tomorrow it will be my last day in the pink jersey, it was an honor to wear it for so many days”. The regret remains for today’s stage that saw him involved in the fall: «I have pain at the right side. I had been fine I would have liked to play my cards in such a sprint, but there was no reason to take risks ».
Abadi’s message: sport as presence in the territories
The Minister of Sport did not stop by the rain Andrea Abodi. For him bicycle ride with stop at Green Park of Caivano and the encounter with the antechal priest Don Maurizio Patriciello To mean that the presence of the Giro d’Italia In Naples it goes beyond the postcard postcard.