Originally Posted by GrainBrain

Bettiol is proving an excellent pick for EF!! It was hard to follow this race but from what I can tell from reading post race stories it was quite a blood bath. Nibali injuring his hand, Avermaet vomiting, punctures galore leaving riders facing an impenetrable wall of dust. Alaphillipe with like 5 mechanicals! 116 riders failed to finish, with 8 missing out on the time cut (!?).

I've been busy translating Italian websites to get my head around this new merger race of Gran Trittico Lombardo.