It was another day of disappointment for Ben Turner (Netcompany Ineos) at the Giro d’Italia on Thursday. After surviving the late climb that saw all of the main sprinters dropped, the Briton suffered a mechanical and had to spend all his energy chasing back on.
The final Bric Berton climb on stage 12 saw riders like Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) all suffer and get dropped, whilst fast man Turner survived, looking like a prime candidate to go for the win with so many big rivals absent.
Teammate Jack Haig quickly dropped back to help pace the Brit back on, with Embret Svestad-Bårdseng joining the effort soon after. The three managed to close to gap to the front group, but as attacks flew off the front in the finale, Turner had little left to match the accelerations.
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