For all the drama at this year’s wet and wild Giro d’Italia, the general classification battle has been unavoidably underwhelming.
Pre-race favourite Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) pulled out due to Covid ahead of the first rest day, just hours after surging into the leader’s pink jersey, while Ineos’ hopes of a twin GC threat unravelled when 2020 champion Tao Geoghegan Hart abandoned with a fractured hip after a freak crash on Stage 11.
It leaves just two former Grand Tour…
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