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The Italian Giovani Visconti (Vini Zabù-KTM) was not this Thursday at the start for the Tour to Italy, which leaves Ruben Guerreiro (Education First), current leader, closer to getting the blue mountain leader jersey.
«Giovani Visconti will not go to the 18th stage of the Giro, from Pinzolo to Laghi di Cancano. The runner has suffered from patellar tendonitis for several days, which was treated after yesterday’s stage [quarta-feira], but this morning I had pain again, even going down the stairs, which made us decide to abandon it ”, says a statement from Vini.
Guerreiro yesterday dethroned Visconti from the mountain classification by winning the first two climbs integrated in a wake, adding 198 points, compared to 148 for the Italian.
In this Thursday’s stage, which is being contested, the Portuguese rider has already taken the points from the first count, Campo Carlo Magno, a second category mountain.
Belgian Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) is now the closest cyclist, with 82 points, starting from the 207 kilometers of today’s stage, 18, which has four mountain counts, one of the special category, on the Stelvio , a second and two first, the last of which coincides with the goal.
