LORENZO FORTUNATO CLIMBED to victory in the gruelling 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday in foggy and cold conditions on the summit of Monte Zoncolan.
Colombian Egan Bernal of Ineos was the first of the favourites to cross the finish line to consolidate his hold on the leader’s pink jersey.
Italian 25-year-old Fortunato, riding for the Eolo-Kometa team, finished 26sec ahead of Slovenian Jan Tratnik with Italian Alessandro Covi third at 59sec to claim his maiden career victory.
Bernal finished fourth at 1min 43sec to gain time on his rivals.
Britain’s Simon Yates moved second overall 1min 33sec behind the 2019 Tour de France winner, with Italy’s Damiano Caruso third at 1min 51sec.
Russian Aleksander Vlasov lost over a minute on Bernal on the final climb to lose second place overall with Belgian Remco Evenepoel also dropping 1min 30sec.
The stage covered 205km from Cittadella to Monte Zoncolan on the border with Austria with a final kilometre where the gradient was at times more than 20 percent.
Ireland’s Dan Martin finished 12th on today’s stage, leaving him 13th in the general classification, 7min 50sec behind Bernal.
Nicholas Roche, meanwhile, crossed today’s stage in 54th place.
He is 32 has had a good career with maybe a couple of years left, no player is going to say no to a reported 600k a week. At the end of the day it is a profession, and if you are offered crazy money for easier work wherever it may be then you would take it.
Should have put in brackets (and agent)
Says a lot about Brazilian and South American footballers and the type of people they are.Hoors for the $$$$$$$$$$$
Yes John cos if an Irish man was offered that he’d turn it down
Tevez comes from complete poverty, as do most South Americans. To suggest they are all about money cause they accept huge pay deals is laughable. Most people take a better deal if offered. Why not?
Neenee did i say an irish man wouldn’t?but at the moment it’s a fact that the Chinese League is full of South Americans
So is the premier league and Spanish league
Alan have changed your tune ? You accuse other players of signing for other clubs just for the money ? How is this any different now ?
12 hour flight from shanghai to Buens Aires. Not much different from Europe. He wasnt doing much for Boca anyway. Saw a lot of games he played in last year and he was more of a hindrance than a help to thise around him. Others often gave him the ball and didnt take responsibility for themselves. Lots of south americans because nearly all the top attackers are from there and they are used to living abroad.