'If you want to pass a rider you have to change lines': Elia Viviani's sports director defends sprinter after relegation

The team have responded after the stage three controversy

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Sprinters have to change their lines to fight for the win, says Elia Viviani's sports director after the jury regulated his star on stage three of the Giro d'Italia.

The Italian Deceuninck - Quick-Step rider had won the sprint, but ended the day 73rd after the jury ruled he cut off Matteo Moschetti (Trek-Segafredo) in the final metres heading into Orbetello in southern Tuscany.

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