On the way back to the Algarve due to a problem with lakes, dozens of cyclists failed to pass the goal, which led the company of commissioners to nullify the first stage of the race.
The College of Commissioners of the 51st Round to the Algarve annulled, on Wednesday, the first stage of the race, after a problem with Lagos had divided the platoon, leading dozens of cyclists to fail the passage in the goal.
“The president of the College of Commissioners canceled the stage. It’s more than legitimate, fair, natural, and the fairest way to continue with the Algarve. The organization had a failure, the images are recorded. We have a flag there there Yellow that did not act in time. Cyclists come at high speed, maybe they should be two. He explained to journalists the president of the Portuguese Cycling Federation (FPC), Cândido Barbosa.
Italian Filippo Ganna (Ineos) crossed the goal first, although, on a parallel road, Dozens of platoon cyclists passed through the same zone, after a road marking fail.
