‘Agreement? What agreement?!’ – Lennard Kamna’s claim of ‘secret’ deal on Etna at Giro d’Italia dismissed

Lennard Kamna hinted he had a “silent agreement” with Juan Pedro Lopez ahead of the sprint finish atop Mount Etna at the Giro d’Italia – but The Breakaway gang suggest that the deal never really existed. The German (Bora-Hansgrohe) bridged the gap to lone frontman Lopez (Trek–Segafredo) with 2.5km remaining of Stage 4 before the pair were pictured in conversation. Ad/> Kamna was soon celebrating winning the two-up sprint while his rival soared into pink, with the 25-year-old revealing an unspoken pact between the pair.

Giro d'Italia'It's not possible to finish' — Ewan blunt on controversial 'get out' Giro strategy06/05/2022 AT 12:49 “Let me say it like this: maybe we had a silent agreement,” Kamna said after the stage. The pact appeared simple enough: Kamna would help Lopez guarantee the leader’s jersey by driving a fast pace to the finish in return for winning the sprint unopposed. Only that was not what really transpired.

Both men charged into the final corner on the Sicilian volcano – a tight hairpin – and almost came a cropper. Had Lopez’s back wheel not slipped out, he may have been much closer to challenge in the sprint and still seemed intent on closing the gap in the final metres as Kamna sat up to rejoice. Lopez slammed his handlebars in frustration after coming home in second, while he was pictured in tears before someone revealed to him he had seized pink, further indication that if a deal had been mooted it was not a two-way agreement – unless the Spaniard is angling for a move into acting once his career on two wheels is finished.

/> “They both bomb into that final corner. Agreement? What agreement!” said Robbie McEwen, a 12-time stage winner at the Giro, on The Breakaway. “He [Lopez] was trying to win the