Tony Gallopin calls out 'dangerous' stage eight finish of the Giro d'Italia 2019

Riders have apparently asked the race jury to neutralise the final 6km of stage eight

Tony Gallopin at the Giro d'Italia 2019 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Tony Gallopin has described the finish of stage eight of the Giro d'Italia 2019 "dangerous", and publicly called for race organisers and the UCI to explain why it has been allowed to feature in the Grand Tour.

Riders have also apparently called for the race jury to neutralise the final 6km of stage eight, a technical descent, with the jury saying that the 3km rule will be in place today, whereby if any rider crashes inside that marker they will receive the same finish time as the peloton.

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