Originally Posted by Cyclingnews
According to Giro d'Italia organiser Angelo Zomegnan, the riders' strike during the 'Milano Show 100' stage was "premeditated". Zomegnan stated he had received some warnings by SMS for two days prior...
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After two of the ten laps were completed, the race jury accepted the riders' request to neutralize the race on time.
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"We did one lap, and saw it was too dangerous. The sprinters said we don't want to risk the sprint," said Di Luca, "so we stopped on the finish line, I spoke to the public, and explained why we didn't want to race.
Interestingly, none of the cycling media that I'm reading indicates protests to the Milan route were made before the Giro started. Seems that would be getting highlighted if that was the case.
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