Giro d’Italia: ‘It was not a fair sprint’ – Mauro Schmid after calamitous end saw him finish as ‘first loser’

Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) won Stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia after the fancied Andrea Vendrame (G2R Citroen Team) misread the final corner and crashed in a calamitous finish. Bouwman won from an initial 12-man break but only after a catastrophic moment at the last corner saw Attila Valter (Groupama-FDJ) and Vendrame overcook it to go into the barriers. Mauro Schmid (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) took second and Alessandro Tonelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) third.

Ad/> And Bradley Wiggins reported some anger at the finish line, with Schmid saying after the race that it «was not a fair sprint». /> Giro d'ItaliaHighlights: Mader claims memorable win on action-drenched Stage 613/05/2021 AT 16:26 “In my opinion, it was not a fair sprint,” said Schmid at the finish. “You watch last 100m and I can do nothing.

“I think it was not fair in my opinion. “Second place is first loser, so I am not happy with that. I think I had it in my legs today so, of course, I am disappointed.” The general classification group finished in unison meaning that Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) retains his three-second lead over Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe), with Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) at 1'05".

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