Road painting sparks international incident
A political message written on the roads of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday insulting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sparked somewhat of an international incident after the images of the painting made their way to Turkey.
The Dutch phrase denigrating Erdogan caused Eurosport Turkey's Giro broadcast to be blocked in that country, according to Tuttobiciweb.
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Marketing voor #erdogan tijdens de #giro #GiroDeItalia http://pic.twitter.com/U2AoSQJQ0z
— Erden Basarir (@ErdenB) May 24, 2016
Chaves makes gifts for his teammates
If Esteban Chaves is nervous about being second overall in the Giro d'Italia with two big mountain stages to come, he didn't show it on Thursday as he presented his Orica-GreenEdge teammates with gifts he had made the night before - custom made signs for each with their names.
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