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Team Sky had enjoyed a successful 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro del Trentino until a mechanical problem mid-way up the climb to the finish in Sega di Ala robbed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bradley Wiggins of any chance of overall victory.

The British team won the team time trial, the second TTT win in the history of the team, and a road s🌳tage with Kanstantin Siutsou. Wiggins and all the team looked strong and well-drilled, with the Giro d'ౠItalia weeks away.

Everything changed and their chances of overall victory disappeared when Wiggins'🐠 gears let him d𓄧own.

The Tour de France winner was chasing Vincenzo Nibali (Astꩲana) on the climb when his gears seemed to slip and spin out. He was using a comﷺpact Shimano SRM chainset and a lowest gear of 36x28. For some reason the gears refused to work perfectly.

Wiggins eventually finished ninth on the stage, 1:39 behind winner and Girꦓo d'Italia rival ♑Vincenzo Nibali (Astana). He finished the four-day race in fifth place, 1:40 down on Nibali.

When his gears refused to work, Wiggins climbed off his Pinarello bike and pushed it away in anger, letting it fall against a wall. He was quickly given his spare bike by the Team Sky mechanic but the race had dis𒈔appeared up the road. He chased hard and closed the gap to the leaders even though Nibali was in full flow with a teammate and then with M🍨auro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia). However victory had gone.

Wiggins fought his way to the finish but a further technical issue slowed him: his spare bike was fitted with a 39 chain♏ ring, leaving him over geared on the steepest part of the climb.

Cyclingnews studied both of Wiggins'♐ bikes to understand what happened. His spare bike was fitted with a new FC-9000 Dura Ace ಌDi2 chainset, while his race bike, the one which failed, was fitted with an older SRM Dura Ace SRM chainset. Team Sky staff were vague about why Wiggins' spare bike was fitted with a 39 inner ring.

No comment from Wiggins

Wiggins was naturally angry after crossing the finish line. He continued to ride up the road to the team bus, dissipating some of his a💜nger on the road.

After spending 20 minutes on the bus, Wiggins ref✱used to speak to the handful of waiting journalists. 𝄹The team positioned a getaway car close to the front of the bus and Wiggins jumped in quickly, refusing to talk as if he was running from the paparazzi.

His teammates and team stafꦚf were left to do the explaining.

"He had a pro🌞blem on the first climb and as everyone saw, another one on the last climb. I haven't seen the b𝔉ike and been able to find the problem but it was his gears," directeur sportif Marcus Ljungqvist said.

"When you change bikes you loꦚse your rhythm. Brad did a great job fighting his way up there. But you can't g🥀ive anything to guys like Nibali on such a tough climb like that. We didn’t expect them to wait."

"Lookingꦿ at the big picture, it's all looking good for the Giro d'Italia, that's the main thing."

Siutsou waite♎d for Wiggins but could do little to help his team leader.

"We perhaps paid for all the work we did at altitude and I didn🦂't have a great day either. He changed bikes and I waited for him to give hཧim a hand but he went past me at twice my speed," the Belarus rider said.

"After he changed bikes, he didn&♕rsquo;t have the right gear. He was close to getting back on but then there were the really hard parts of the climb and Nibali was able to spin a lower gear and save his legs."