Netcompany-Ineos director of racing Geraint Thomas questioned the condition of Giro d’Italia favourite Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), following the Dane’s slightly disappointing performance in the stage 10 time trial.
Speaking on his Watts Occurring podcast after the stage, he said: “Jonas, I expected more from him. Maybe he’s been a bit sick or something.”
Conversely, the stage was a superb one for Thomas’s team, who fielded both the stage winner and the runner-up in Ganna and Arensman – the latter boosting his hopes for the GC, now lying in third place.
Assessing the rides of GC players, he praised the fifth-place ride Gee-West, and also the battling performance by maglia rosa Alfonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious).
“Fair play to Eulálio,” he added. “They [Bahrain Victorious] should keep it for three days or so now really.”
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