We said that the outcome of the fourth stage of this Giro d’Italia ending on Mount Etna could mean the goodbye of a favorite for the general classification. But we didn’t even have to wait for the Sicilian colossus… Miguel Ángel López has left the Corsa Rosa, as confirmed by his team, due to an injury to his left hip.
In the absence of knowing some details of the injury that the Astana Qazaqstan team will share in the next few hours, what we know is that the Colombian had been suffering from discomfort since the early stages in Hungary. Superman already appeared very seriously before the media in the minutes before the departure in the town of Avola, a harbinger of what was to come…
Thus, López continues with his bad streak in grand tours, adding two consecutive abandonments in his last participations: the last Vuelta (when he got off the bike due to differences with the Movistar team) and this Giro. Superman doesn’t finish taking off…