The primary stage of the Volta ao Algarve led to chaotic scenes after a big a part of the peloton headed the flawed manner.
Italy’s Filippo Ganna raised his arms in celebration after crossing the road first after a lot of his rivals mistakenly headed up the flawed facet of the ending straight.
Race organisers later mentioned the 190km stage from Portimao to Lagos had been cancelled, exterior with no winner declared.
The weird scenes occurred after the vast majority of the primary 50 riders adopted the digicam motorbikes alongside a deviation, off the course, however parallel to the end line.
Austrian bike owner Marco Haller labelled the end “ridiculous” and mentioned there needs to be penalties for the organisers.
“For me it is fairly ridiculous as a result of we undergo for 190 kilometres to place ourselves in an ideal place,” Haller instructed Eurosport., exterior
“It is one thing the place there must be penalties for the officers, for the organisers.
“You possibly can see on the final kilometre the deviation wasn’t blocked by the officers.
“It can not at all times be the riders to be blamed. It is very irritating.”
