Giro jury disqualifies sprinters for holding onto team cars

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published 26 May 2012

The Giro d'Italia race jury pulled Robert Hunter (Garmin-Barracuda), Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini), Dominique Rollin (FDJ-BigMat) and Iban Velasco (Euskaltel-Euskadi) from the race today for holding on to team cars.

The incident happened after the Passo del Tonale at kilometre 32. A jury communiqué called it a "fatto grave" or "serious fault."

"Ryder's showing he's got the legs to win this thing," Stetina told Cycling Weekly. "Ryder is getting more and more confident every day. It's fun to see. At the start of the race, back in Denmark, you could tell he was nervous. He was keyed-up, but he was unsure. Each day, he relaxed a bit more. After the team time trial, he relaxed a bit more. Then he took the pink jersey. Now he's just riding on cloud nine. He's getting stronger. It's amazing to see."

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