Flat stage for sprinters after the three previous stages that led the tadpoles up and down the Apennines. In Frosinone, the Spaniard Ventoso won, exploiting the tangle of bikes and legs for the usual improvident curve placed 350 meters from the finish, which sends the favorites Cavendish and Goss up in the air and those who study the finals of the route in the Giro are on trial. It is true that even today it was an unexpected discard by Pozzato that triggered the carambola as in Horsens it was the piratical one by Ferrari. Everyone knows, especially powerful sprinters like Cavendish, that theirs is a riskier job than others if you want to win, side by side at 60 km/h, with the bike swaying like a spring under load. Also for this reason it is incomprehensible how the organizers of the Giro – skilled as never before this year at diversifying the arrival and departure locations of the next stage to expand the business of the Gazzetta – continue to choose goals that make every sprint an ambush for health of the runners.
Cavendish was the face of disappointment at the finish line, but as an English gentleman who loves cycling and Italy, the world champion will continue the race ready to put his skin on the line to win the next Giro sprint. Giro that in Assisi, in a stage without difficulty, witnessed an unpredictable show by Joaquin Rodriguez. The Spaniard, one of the favorites of the Giro, currently second 9” behind Tyler Esjedal, still in pink, took off on a small incline just over six kilometers from the finish, surprising all his rivals. It was an acute, almost a challenge, which shook the caravan, setting fire to the enthusiasm of the Spanish fans who dream of Purito in pink in Milan. Rodriguez's solo was thwarted at the gates of Frosinone thanks to the energetic reaction of Pozzovivo, the winner of Lago Laceno, who seems ever more intent on finally being part of the elected members of the Giro, which tomorrow will arrive in Assisi through a medium mountain..
