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Stage 12 : Modena โ Viadana, 172 km (Thursday 22, dep. 13:15-13:25, ETA 17:05-17:25)
Stage without difficulties, 50 points to the winner.
The 3 km rule applies for falls/incidents in the finish.
Only splits larger or equal to 3 seconds are counted.
Delays : 7% if โค 40 km/h; 8% if โค 45 km/h; 10% otherwise. Expected average speeds: 43 km/h โ 19'17'', 45 km/h โ 18'24'', 47 km/h โ 21'54''.
And our usual 3 Italians (1 Polti, 1 Bardiani, 1 Arkรฉa) broke away soon after the start. No other scenario could be expected from such a stage: first two thirds for a small breakaway getting the small points/prizes from auxiliary classifications sprints, last third to prepare for a bunch sprint.
At this hour, Turner (๐ฌ๐ง Ineos) who finished 3^rd^ in the sprint but caused the crash at 1.5 km from the line by voluntarily bumping into an Alpecin, doesn't seem to have been relegated. Strange, but we shall see if he is still 3^rd^ tomorrow.
Nope. Turner seem to get off scot-free for the crash he caused which delayed half of the peloton, while others who performed the same action without causing any harm previously got relegated...
But one of the Italians from the break away got a fine, a time penalty, a mountain points penalty and sprint points penalty. This dangerous thug committed a very serious offense: he grabbed a can of soda a spectator held him, over 40 miles away from the finish. Sigh...