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"There will be a huge uproar with the teams tonight for the GC riders that have lost time" - Adam Blythe
CyclingMonday, 08 May 2023 at 12:00
The crashes have begun at the Giro d'Italia immediately on the first day where the riders rode as a peloton. Stage 2 proved to be calm but with a very explosive finish, and Adam Blythe is sure that those who lost time on the road will be keen to take it back soon.
“There will be a huge uproar with the teams tonight for the GC riders that have lost time," Blythe said in the Eurosport The Breakaway show after the stage yesterday. “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?”
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The split was caused by the crash just ouside the 3 kilometers. Some argued the 3-kilometer rule could be applied, but ultimately that was not the case. “The 3km rule is if you have a puncture or crash within the last 3k, you get the same time as what the winner gets across the line, so you don't have to worry. If you've had a puncture, you can roll across the line and you'll be given the same time. If there's a split, there's a split and if you've not had a problem, then you'll be given the time you were behind," the former pro explained.
The likes of Tao Geoghegan Hart, Hugh Carthy, Jack Haig and Jay Vine lost 19 seconds on the road yesterday, not a huge loss but one that will put a bit more pressure before the race heads into the mountains. Furthermore the tension is likely to increase in the upcoming sprints as the riders have lived first-hand how crashes can very well happen and cause differences in the overall classification.
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