Filippo Ganna took his 34th professional win on stage 1 of the Volta ao Algarve. A strange win as he sprinted alone across the finish line, whilst most of the rest of the peloton were completely lost on the other side of the barriers. It was incredibly bizarre and chaotic as more than half of the peloton took a wrong turning on the finishing straight, the win sees Ganna go into the overall race lead. "I know everyone went the wrong way, but I took the right corner. You need to know the parcours, you need to know the rules as riders. In the past, I've been the wrong way in a TT and I lost the race. So today, everything changed and I won. We knew it was a tricky final, like every day here. But 'G' was moving well and all the teammates did a good job when there was confusion during the roundabout so yeah, it went well." -Filippo Ganna "Amateurish? You could say that. It's a bit ridiculous that the sprinting pack is on the wrong side of the road. There shou...
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