Whorrall out of GiroBio after manic first stage

chris whorral, mg kvis norda

The Under 27 Giro d'Italia (GiroBio) continues without a single British cyclist after Manxman Chris Whorrall failed to finish the first stage to Martinsicuro last Friday.

"The first stage went off from the gun, 51km in the first hour, up and down, the riders going like madmen. He lost ground, couldn't hang on. Unfortunately, this is the story of Whorrall," Angelo Baldini, boss of the Polish MG Kvis Norda team told Cycling Weekly. However, if his condition had been as it was in the first part of the year..."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.