Giro, Ciccone retires | Gazzetta.it

Giulio Ciccone’s Giro d’Italia ends up in Gorizia, in the saddest way. Ciccone in the Saturday stage fell, like almost all the men of the ranking, but it was the most unfortunate for detachment. He remained on the ground aching and reached the finish line after more than 16 minutes from the stage winner. Those who saw him arrive, with a very swollen knee and leg, understood: it would have been difficult to see him again tomorrow. The evening exams have given bad news: Giulio will not leave.

Ciccone Out: hematoma

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The Lidl-Trek press release leaves no hope: “Giulio Ciccone was brought to the local hospital, where he carried out ultrasounds and radiographs. The exams confirmed an important hematoma to the vast lateral muscle of the right quadriceps, as well as a small injury of the muscle band. His condition will not allow him to continue the Giro d’Italia. A surgery will not be necessary, but Ciccone will have to observe about two weeks “.

The comment on the retreat

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Giulio commented hot: “I have no words. I tried to fight to finish the stop because I hoped that the exams in the hospital showed that it was nothing serious and that I could recover to try to fight for a stop, but I immediately understood that it was something serious because the pain was too strong – and now we know why it hurts to leave the tour like this, especially with the climbs that still expected, the great spirit that was in the team General classification “.

Ciccone and bad luck

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The bad luck has been pursued for years. Last year he retired from Vuelta for a fall caused by the road crossing of a roe deer. Also last year he lost the tour for a cyst. In 2021, however, a fall forced him to retire from the pink race while he was tenth in the standings. Now this Friulian capitombolo. More misfortune than that, impossible or almost.