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VIDEO-MAXI-FALL GIRO D’ITALIA, STAGE INTERRUPTED! EMANUEL BUCHMANN IS WITHDRAWAL

14.16 The group has no intention of accelerating: the breakaway margin is already more than four minutes.

14.13 Another prominent man who must therefore raise the white flag: the Portuguese was fifteenth in the general classification.

14.12 The announcement of another retreat arrives, Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-Nippo).

14.10 Sebastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) is being medicated by his flagship at the rear of the group.

14.08 1’15 of the fugitives on the three counterattackers, who only have 15 ”on the pink jersey group.

14.06 The group is not scrambling to resume their escape: already a minute and twenty of margin for them

14.05 For the fugitives a 43 ”advantage over Andrea Pasqualon (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) and Filippo Tagliani (Androni-Sidermec).

14.04 There are 15 riders on the run: Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Lars van den Berg (Groupama-FDJ), Dario Cataldo (Movistar), Harm Vanhoucke (Lotto Soudal), Niklas Arndt (Team DSM), Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix), Victor Campenaerts (Qhubeka-Assos), Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Fenix), Stefano Oldani (Lotto-Soudal), Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates), Simone Consonni ( Cofidis), Maximilian Walscheid (Qhubeka-Assos), Lukasz Wisniowski (Qhubeka-Assos) and Albert Torres (Movistar).

13.58 Together with Campenaerts (Qhubeka-Assos) there are certainly Dries De Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix), Stefano Oldani (Lotto-Soudal) and Maximilian Walscheid (Qhubeka-Assos).

13.57 About twenty runners leave, the group seems to have let go of the escape after everything that has happened.

13.56 New attacks, Victor Campenaerts accelerates immediately, as he did at the beginning.

13.55 THE STAGE RESTARTED!

13.54 The race will restart in just under a minute.

13.51 The announcement of the new start of the fifteenth stage is now awaited. The group is progressing slowly because there are other riders who need to be medicated.

13.49 Meanwhile, the group left after twenty-five minutes. Tourist pace before the official start.

13.46 With Buchmann’s retirement the face of the general changes: Giulio Ciccone climbs to sixth place, Tobias Foss returns to the top 10.

13.43 Together with him, Jos van Emden (Jumbo-Visma) and Natnael Berhane (Cofidis) raise the white flag.

13.41 Officer, Emanuel Buchmann retires! The Giro loses the sixth in the overall standings!

13.40 Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-Nippo) seems very sore in the back. The ambulance had prepared the cot, but the Portuguese wants to continue.

13.37 The race has stopped for almost 15 minutes. Motissimo should not miss the recovery.

13.36 The doctors are medicating Gianni Vermeersch, of Alpecin-Fenix. Bruises on his right arm for him.

13.34 Now the ambulance has just passed the platoon.

13.33 The group is completely stopped. Some of the riders involved arrive in dribs and drabs, we await news from Buchmann and van Emden.

13.32 Some cyclists are forced to change their suits due to the numerous tears.

13.31 The wind and the very strong speed for those who tried to go on the run certainly did not help. Impeccable jury decision.

13.29 The decision was dictated directly by the jury. Among some of the players involved also the blue shirt Geoffrey Bouchard.

13.28 Most of the group stopped to wait for those involved in the accident.

13.26 There is also Emanuel Buchmann among those involved, the Bora-Hansgrohe rider is sixth in the standings. But to have suffered the worst consequences is Jos van Emden of Jumbo-Visma, collapsed to the ground.

13.24 And the race stops due to the fall! The start of the stage has been neutralized!

13.23 FALL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GROUP! We do not know who was involved, we await news from RadioCorsa.

13.22 And of course, with the start, there are the first shots. The first to move is Victor Campenaerts.

13.20 GO! THE GRADO-GORIZIA BEGINS, THE FIFTEENTH STAGE OF THE 2021 GIRO D’ITALIA!

13.17 The stretch towards the real start of today’s stage will be very short: 1800 meters, then the start of the fifteenth stage.

13.15 The transfer to kilometer 0 has started.

13.13 The riders have placed themselves on the starting line. Moment of the ritual photos.

13.12 Meanwhile, Lorenzo Fortunato, author of yesterday’s feat on the Zoncolan, has also arrived at the signature sheet:

???? The 2021 Zoncolan king, @lorenzfortunato!

???? The king of Zoncolan 2021, @lorenzfortunato!#Round pic.twitter.com/kHy8yuCyZF

– Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 23, 2021

13.10 But deep down, we believe that Sagan himself knows that today can be an extremely affordable stage for him. We’d be surprised if he didn’t even try …

13.08 Let’s expect a very eventful stage, especially in the first kilometers. There will be many who will try to flee.

13.05 Peter Sagan of Bora-Hansgrohe declares that he will play in defense: “My understandings are for the cyclamen, let’s see how the race goes and the interests of the other teams, I will decide during the stage how to behave. A stage suited to me, maybe it was better if it was during the first 10 days, a different situation has developed, I will play in defense to keep the shirt ”.

13.02 Dario Cataldo of Movistar: “Today will be like a classic. We’ll see if the leaders want to keep the race closed. The legs are hard for everyone, the start will be difficult even in the wind. Beware of ambushes for the men of the classification “

12.59 Valerio Conti of UAE Team Emirates: “Everyone will want to go on the run and it is likely that he will arrive today. We are in good shape, the victory did not come for a matter of centimeters. It’s the whole Giro that I run after, I had intestinal problems. I am waiting for the day of rest to recover better “.

12.56 The day in Grado is quite windy. The weather seems quite variable, with possible small showers along the way.

12.54 Today’s route is very particular, being placed between yesterday’s Zoncolan and tomorrow’s Cortina stage. A 40-kilometer circuit to be repeated three times, the ascent of Gornje Cerovo can be felt in the legs especially in the third round.

12.51 Samuele Battistella, man from Astana: “Yesterday we worked hard, we tried and it didn’t go well, but Vlasov did well. Today we see how the race will unfold, if the teams keep the race closed, otherwise it will be a battle. We have a couple of our men who will try to make the stage ”.

12.48 Before the start, the runners will make a footbridge on the beach of Grado.

Good morning from Grado!#Round pic.twitter.com/5hZI5DIiJL

– Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 23, 2021

12.45 There is only half an hour left before the start of the fifteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, from Grado to Gorizia. Fraction that could see the escape arrive at their destination again.

11.35 News immediately: Giacomo Nizzolo retires. The Qhubeka sprinter, fresh from his first stage victory in his career, raised the white flag in view of the many mountains of the third week. At this point the road was cleared for Peter Sagan in terms of points classification.

11.33 Hello friends of OA Sport and welcome to the Live Direct of today’s stage of the Giro d’Italia 2021 from Grado to Gorizia.

Hello and welcome to LIVE LIVE of the fifteenth stage of the Giro d’Italia 2021. After the very hard arrival at the summit of Monte Zoncolan, the Corsa Rosa starts again with the fraction that it starts from Grado and reaches Gorizia after 147 kilometers. Very short path, which will see a circuit to be repeated three times. The runners will also cross the border between Italy and Slovenia. The group in Sagrado will have to climb Monte San Michele before entering Mossa in the circuit that has a steep climb of about 2 km in Gornje Cerovo: 2.2 km at 6.9% average gradient and sections at 14%. It will certainly be the decisive point of the race.

Another day dedicated to escapes? It is unlikely that any team will take the responsibility of keeping the group closed, especially in a last week that will be very hard and full of mountains. The only team that could try is Bora-hansgrohe in favor of Peter Sagan. In the event of a short sprint, the Slovakian would be the big favorite, but watch out for the revived Giacomo Nizzolo, winner in Verona. On similar slopes it could hold well too Davide Cimolai (Israel Start-Up Nation).

Thinking about a possible attack from afar, he demonstrated a great condition Alberto Bettiol (EF Nippo). Another Tuscan who could try is Diego Ulissi (UAE Emirates), with an ideal route to its characteristics. Also keep an eye on Vincenzo Nibali, who has definitively dropped out of the rankings and is ready to hit a partial success.

On the other hand, there could hardly be any surprises in terms of general classification: Egan Bernal is dominating so far and his Ineos Grenadiers was perfect in covering him. There should be no attacks, given a path that does not allow too much.

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