While Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) powered his way through a gap along the barriers to win the chaotic sprint in Tortona and so take his fourth stage victory, Caleb Ewan was again left frustrated and unable to take a clean run at the finish.
The Orica-Scott sprinter won in Alberobello on stage 7 but has finished in the top 10 four times, including second on stage 1 behind late attacker Lukas Pöstlberger, who stopped Ewan taking the first pink jersey of the 100th Giro d'Italia. While everything seems to be going Gaviria's way, Ewan and Orica-Scott have been left with little reward for their hard work.
Ewan tried to go through a gap and open up his sprint only for Max Richeze to close the door on him as he made space for Gaviria to charge through.
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"It was another frustrating sprint, it seems to be the theme of the Giro so far," Ewan said at the Orica-Scott team bus parked near the finish.
"I was behind Gaviria's lead-out man and Bennett's lead-out man and they were boxing and hitting into each other. They almost crashed into each other. I then got caught behind them and I couldn't get out of there."
"At this level, you have to have a lot of things go right for you. I don't know if I've been especially unlucky but I feel I've had a lot of frustration in the finishes. It can go either way and hopefully when I come back next year, I'll have more luck."
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