Dan Martin says 'cycling is not worth the risk' after losing six minutes to Egan Bernal on gravel of Giro d'Italia 2021

The Irishman didn't want to take the risk with riders crashing all around him on the first section of gravel

Dan Martin on the start podium at the Giro d'Italia 2021
(Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Dan Martin says that it wasn't worth taking the risks needed to stay with the front group on the gravel of stage 11 in the Giro d'Italia 2021.

Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) lost over six minutes to the pink jersey of Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) and slipped out of the top 10 in the general classification on the road to Montalcino. 

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