2023-08-27 17:48:02
Improbable situations bordering on amateurism multiply on this Vuelta. Last example to date, the calculation of bonuses in the bonus sprint located 3.6km from the finish on this second stage. Although the times had been frozen 9km from the finish, the organizers had kept the sprint for the bonuses. Problem, the means had obviously not been put in place to be able to judge who had crossed the line first.
We can thus see videos on the networks which show commissioners asking spectators located near the sprint to show them the images filmed with their telephone to establish the classification of this sprint.
But the situation almost turned comical. The freezing of times at 9km obviously made the task complicated for the marshals who had all the trouble in the world to establish the new classification. It took a long time before Andreas Piccolo was officially declared leader of the general classification.
After the fiasco of the team time trial following the lack of visibility for the last teams to leave and the controversy this Sunday with the freezing of times first decided at 3km from the finish and then finally at 9km from arrival, this Vuelta did not start off on the best footing.
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