Giro d’Italia Stage 2 chaos prompts riders to question race direction
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After a mass crash on Stage 2 in Bulgaria, riders urged neutralising general-classification times rather than canceling the stage; Jasper Stuyven criticized race direction for unsafe handling, recalling the director's moment of shouting “race” from a car before retreating, as the stage resumed and Guillermo Thomas Silva won from the chasing group.
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