Paul Magnier questioned Movistar’s Giro d’Italia tactics after the team again surged on a late climb on stage 12, dropping the Frenchman and other big-name sprinters, but then failing to win the stage.
The Spanish team, with Director of Racing Matt White calling the tactics from the team car, aimed to win the stage but also showed their new, more aggressive way of racing.
They took a similar tactic on stage 4 to Cosenza when they blew up the race on the Cozzo Tunno climb with 50km to go, and Orluis Aular was narrowly beaten by Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
On stage 11, Enric Mas had already lost time and dropped down the GC standings, so he went on the attack to try to win in Chiavari but finished second to Narváez. The defeat only fired up Movistar even more.
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