2023-06-17 17:47:44
The sequence is impressive. And in the context, very worrying at the time. The day after the death of Swiss runner Gino Mäder, fell on Thursday in a descent of the Tour de Suisse, the Italian cyclist Filippo Zana got a real scare on the roads of the Tour of Slovenia. The Italian champion, who had dominated Thibaut Pinot in the sprint on the Giro in Maylost control of his bike while leading the fourth stage of the race on Saturday.
The rider of the Jayco AlUla formation saw his rear wheel slip in a bend of a descent, when he had escaped earlier on the slopes of the Kolovrat pass. Zana then spun straight, hitting a fence, before realizing a sun and falling on her back in a meadow where a white horse was, frightened by the scene.
Fortunately, the Italian got up without worry to go back to his bike, which had fallen lower in the field. If his fall prevented him from winning the fourth stage of the Tour of Slovenia, where his teammate Jesus David Pena crossed the line first, the Transalpine still took the leader’s jersey before the last stage scheduled for Sunday. Last year, it is the double winner of the Tour de France Tadej Pogacar, absent this yearwho had won his national tour.
Earlier on Saturday, the Swiss Simon Pellaud went to the front of the peloton to pay tribute to his compatriot Gino Mäder. The runner pointed to the black armband wrapped around his right arm, before making a heart shape with his hands and then raising a finger in the direction of the sky.
On the Tour of Switzerland, where some of the runners decided to leave the race after Mäder’s death, Belgian Remco Evenepoel also paid tribute to the rider who died after winning Saturday’s stage.
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