‘Oh dear!’ – Mathieu van der Poel suffers TWO bike malfunctions as rivals disappear down road at Giro d’Italia
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) was forced to stop after getting a piece of material trapped in his jockey wheel on Stage 10 at the Giro d’Italia – before his chain fell off immediately as he tried to pull away on his replacement bike. The Dutchman pulled to the side of the road with 55km remaining on the run to Jesi on Tuesday, before he battled with a strip of black material looped around his chain. Ad/> Fortunately, he was only stranded for about 30 seconds before a team car pulled alongside with a replacement bike.


