Rigoberto Urán says that although he has recovered from his crash during the Giro d'Italia's stage nine time trial, the irritation at losing a large chunk of time to the other overall contenders still lingers.
The Colombian fell heavily during the Chianti time trial, a day where he was expected to do well given that in a very similar mid-Giro time trial in Barolo in 2014 he took both the stage win and the maglia rosa, leading the Giro d’Italia for four further days.
Sunday was a very different story. Following his crash and time loss, the Cannondale rider slumped to fifteenth overall at 2:56 down on race leader Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx-QuickStep). He is two minutes and three seconds down on widespread Giro d’Italia favourite Vincenzo Nibali (Astana).
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Speaking to reporters at the stage ten start in Campi Bisenzio on what is set to be a tough day through the Apennine mountains, Urán said that although he’s on the mend, the damage to his GC hopes in the 40.5 kilometre Chianti time trial represented a longer-term blow.
“I’m feeling fine and I’ve recovered,” the 29-year-old said. “It was a fall but the actual impact was not as bad as all that, I have a slight swelling on one knee but it’s not serious.
“That said, today [stage 10] is a very complicated stage, I’ve lost a lot of time on the other favourites that I wasn’t planning on losing. But we’ll go on fighting, there’s a lot of the Giro d’Italia left to go and the idea is to be in good shape for the last part of the race.”
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