Giro d'Italia 2023: Adam Blythe predicts 'huge uproar' after Stage 2 time losses following big crash

Adam Blythe believes there will be «huge uproar» among the teams after a dramatic crash led to a controversial conclusion to Stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia. The high-speed incident tool place with less than 4km from the finish, with Mark Cavendish the biggest name to fall and many others seeing their GC hopes take a huge hit.

Ad Among those hit hardest was Tao Geoghegan Hart whose brilliant performance in Saturday’s time trial counts for little now, but Blythe had little sympathy for those teams affected. Giro d'Italia‘It wasn’t a nice manoeuvre’ – Evenepoel lays blame on Groves for Stage 2 crash44 MINUTES AGO Speaking on The Breakaway with Orla Chennaoui, Robbie McEwen and Dan Lloyd, he said: “There will be a huge uproar with the teams tonight for the GC riders that have lost time.

“I don't agree with it (all affected riders being given the same time because of the crash) just because they got the information beforehand, and we've seen teams coming up trying to position their riders. “They've come up too early, they've slid back into the peloton.

Then you question the riders, 'why weren't you further up?' Well, because the team didn't do that. But you had the information, why didn't you wait, why didn't you do more?” Stage 7 recap — Vollering and Van Vleuten battle it out on Covadonga 'It is a tiny gap' — McEwen says Evenepoel lead at Giro is 'nothing' Evenepoel 'obliterated’ Giro TT, will force rivals 'back to the drawing board' — Lloyd Blythe explained that had the incident taken place further back, there would not have been an issue due to the 3km rule which states any riders having issues inside the final 3,000 metres are given the same time as the stage winner.