Chaos on Giro d'Italia Gravel Stage as Favourites Crash, Lose Time

‘The last week is going to be crazy. It’ll be full fireworks’ – Darren Rafferty finding his form as Giro d’Italia heats up

For the first time at this year’s Giro d’Italia, the Irish national champion’s jersey was on show at the head of proceedings on Sunday as the race tore across Tuscany’s white gravel roads on the ninth stage to Siena.

Roglic and Aussie hope Storer crash at Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia favourite Primoz Roglic has crashed on stage nine while Australia's top hope Michael Storer has also had his chances damaged after a spill.

The race favorite, Roglič, lost a lot of time due to a crash, Van Aert won again after a long time, and Del Toro, in the pink jersey, made history on stage 9.

Chaos on Giro d'Italia gravel stage as favourites crash, lose time

Wout van Aert banishes early-season disappointment with a thrilling victory on stage nine of the Giro d'Italia as several favourites lose time on Tuscany's gravel roads.

A one-day race to Siena, disguised as a Giro stage. It led to the rebirth of Belgian Wout van Aert. But in that same stage...

The Belgian rider, who has not been successful for many months, won the 9th stage of the Giro on Sunday in Siena. A victim of a fall and a puncture, the Slovene, the favourite of the event, gave more than a minute to his main opponents.