An hour before the start of Saturday’s 14th stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d’Italia, race organisers have announced that the climb to Sestriere has been cuꦯt from the route due to bad weaꦕther.

The stage has been lengthened by 12km with a summit finish still expected at Jafferau. The riders will now race for 180 kilometres, tak༒ing in the Val di Susa val🌸ley before the final climb to the finish.

Tay☂lor Phinney, competing in his second Giro d'Italia was quick to praise race organisers RCS for their decision, taking to Twitter to say, "Must thank @rcssport for having the riders' backs and altering today's route. Finish in Bardonecchia is the same but no Sestriere. #giro".

The stagel started as planned at 12:45 C.E.T.

At the start this morning in Cereve, Giro d’Italia race director Mauro Vegni was at least hopeful of saving tomorrow's stage from Cesana Torinese to the💎 Galibier, telling reporters that "we're still waiting on confirmation from French authorities but at least we' hope to save the stage."

The ride🐎rs started the stage wrapped up for another wet day in the saddle.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Christian Vande Velde (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Garmin-Sharp) summed up the general feeling in the peloton about cutting the climb to Sestriere from today's stage and the probability that Sunday's stage will be r♏educed to just 50km and finish above 🌟Vღalloire after climbing the Col du Télégraphe.

"We take enough risk as it is already and for us to g🐼o up there and stop the race and get in buses would be stupid. I thin♍k the race organisers are smart in doing the right thing because it's apparently snowing a lot at Sestriere," Vande Velde said, while sheltering under a spectator's umbrella.

"I think we've had e♔nough spectacle already in his Giro. We've had a lot of rain, ꦗa lot of crashes and a lot of guys are sick."

"If tomorrow's stage is cut, it really won't change things that much. It's a fantastic climb and it'll stillꦕ be a great race. Short stages are always insane. It won’t be long and arduous but it'll be ﷽great for TV."