Alberto Dainese has misplaced his fourth place in the fifth stage of the Giro d’Italia after he has been penalized by the UCI jury for a harmful maneuver in the sprint in which Mark Cavendish finally crashed.
Dainese was on the suitable aspect of the highway however had extra pace than Cavendish and wished to maneuver to the left. Dainese noticed an area and rode into it, slicing Cavendish off. The British champion misplaced his steadiness because of this, collided with Filippo Fiorelli after which fell.
O salseiro de Cavendish no fim da etapa 05. #giro pic.twitter.com/3qBw0UfC3E
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Team DSM introduced that Dainese has been declassified. He has thus been dropped to final place in the group he completed in and misplaced his fourth place.
“We accept the jury’s decision and once again hope those who crashed in the finale are okay,” stated Team DSM.
Mark Cavendish has introduced in a brief video message on social media that Dainese has apologized.
“Only morale is a little bit… I was in perfect position, I kicked for the sprint, my back wheel was on the white line, and when I kicked it slides the wheel,” Cavendish defined.
“The circumstances after that…it’s sprinting. Alberto has called me. You know, it’s part of sprinting, I just hope everybody else who crashed is OK, I saw some stretchers and that.”
“[So] we try again, and congratulations to Kaden Groves, too.”
