A truly unreal situation that arose 21 km from the finish line of the fifth stage of the Giro del Dauphiné. The transalpine stage race, ideal for preparing for Tour de Francewas characterized by a maxi-fall in the group. More than half of the peloton ended up on the ground and the race direction decided to neutralize the fraction until the finish line. The athletes will go to the finish line escorted by the police. There will be no stage winners and no gaps.
Big guns like the Maglia Gialla were also involved Remco EvenepoelSlovenian Primoz Roglic and Spanish Juan Ayuso. Everything was triggered by a particularly slippery road surface, given the rain that characterized this day on the French roads.
There was also luck in the dynamics because it was on the side of the road there was a green space that allowed the runners to save themselves somehow. The crash started from the middle of the pack, with the semi-bend at the end of a straight. Also among the Italians involved Luca Vergallito and Michele Gazzoli.
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The Dutchman suffered the worst damage from this huge fall Steven Kruijswijk (Team Visma), who suffered a lot of pain in his arm and was taken away in an ambulance, while the other Dutchman Dylan van Baarle (Team Visma) stopped on the side of the road due to a shoulder injury. One can imagine in his case one clavicle fracture.
