Tour of Algarve, cancelled first stage won by Filippo Ganna
Giro d'Algarve, cancelled first stage won by Filippo Ganna
A mistake that could have turned out to be dramatic: the finish of the first stage of the Tour of the Algarve, in Lagos, turned into chaos before being canceled due to lack of signage. The vast majority of competitors took the wrong route 800 meters from the finish line.
In the absence of barriers or a signal at the entrance to the last traffic circle to tell runners to turn into the left lane — the right lane serves as a diversion for the sports directors’ cars — the bulk of the group took a wrong turn, except for about 30 of them.
Among the few who took the right road, Filippo Ganna crossed the finish line first with a good lead over Frenchman Romain Grégoire and Swiss Jan Christen. But organizers later announced on 'X' that the stage é was canceled.
For the sprinters, who had made their teams work throughout the race, è it was a hoax. “È a joke! È absolutely ridiculous!" – cursed Austrian Marco Haller – The first one followed the organization's bike and the others went after him. The responsibility è è of the organizers. There could have been consequences…. Fortunately, it è wasn’t so ". Most of the group actually ran behind the spectators, darting at more than 60 km per hour.
