Giro d’Italia 2023: ‘It wasn’t a nice manoeuvre’ – Remco Evenepoel lays blame on Kaden Groves for Stage 2 crash

Remco Evenepoel has laid the blame at the door of Kaden Groves for causing the dramatic crash towards the end of Stage 2 at the Giro d’Italia. The Soudal-QuickStep rider was able to avoid the incident itself and keep hold of the pink jersey, but still gave a detailed recollection of what happened.

Ad “I was actually just next to the cause of the crash, so I think everybody saw there were barriers on the left,” said Evenepoel in quotes published by cyclingnews.com. “The train of Alpecin came through, and I think it was Kaden Groves pushing [Davide] Ballerini.

Giro d'ItaliaHow to watch Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia2 HOURS AGO «Ballerini touched the wheel of [Josef] Cerny so he had to make a big manoeuvre to stay on the bike. “So did I because I was behind Davide, who guided me to the finish and because of this swing to the right, I think they took the impact on the right and they just crashed because there was no space any more.

“So, it wasn’t a nice manoeuvre, I think that was the cause of the crash, so it’s just a pity that it happened in such a nice and easy stage.” Blythe predicts 'huge uproar' after Stage 2 time losses following big crash '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 The Belgian also revealed his strategy ahead of the stage and explained how he reacted to the crash with only 3km left in the race. “One moment I was just happy to avoid the crash, because you hear the sound of the crash and you look behind and you see nobody any more, it’s quite a shock,” he added.