Disappointment at Arensman: ‘I’ll talk about it with the team’ | cycling

“It is very disappointing. I didn’t want to be in the leading group at all, because I had been thinking about tomorrow’s time trial for days,” said 22-year-old Arensman. Eurosport† “The idea was to keep it going and then we’d see. I’m still talking about it with the team. Have I wasted too much energy? Yes, that seems logical to me if you are in the leading group. But we’ll see for the time trial, I can’t do more than my best.”

Weird

Arensman was not given the space to cycle away in the leading group, where the Italian Alessandro Covi did. Covi won the ride. Arensman: „I thought it was very strange. I’ve never won or proved anything in cycling. I had the feeling that everyone was watching me in that leading group. As a result, Covi drove very far away from us.”

That same Covi celebrated his first Grand Tour victory on Saturday. “Last year I was already close to winning a stage of the Giro twice,” said the Italian. “I also wanted to win this year, but I cycled for Joao Almeida.” The Portuguese left the Giro on Thursday due to a positive corona test. Covi, who pulled away from a leading group of fifteen quite early: “Today was therefore an opportunity for me. I attacked from afar because I’m not a climber. I did pretty well in the last climb. It is fantastic for the team to win a stage and especially this one in the mythical mountains.”

watch here the stage results, rankings and the program on the final day of the Giro d’Italia.