Giro d'Italia 2023: Bizarre scenes as riders stop to board buses after surreal start in heavy rain
A very strange situation unfolded at the start of Stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia on Friday as the riders got soaked starting out at Borgofranco d’Ivrea before they came to an abrupt stop and jumped on their team buses. In what essentially amounted to a ceremonial procession, the riders made their scheduled departure at the start of the planned stage route, but it was just a temporary jaunt — and a very wet one at that — as they cruised over to a giant car park where the team buses awaited.
