Honestly think the repeated navigation fails this season say more about race organization than people realize. When pros keep taking wrong turns at Algarve, Ardeche, and Itzulia, its not rider error anymore but infrastructure gaps. The Ganna annulment at Algarve was brutal tho, he literally crossed the finish line first but got penalized for organizers not properly barricading the route.
Some nice memories there, I saw a lot of the races you mentioned. I was also unhappy at the treatment of Ganna at the time.
I still feel sore about it even now.
Same!
Honestly think the repeated navigation fails this season say more about race organization than people realize. When pros keep taking wrong turns at Algarve, Ardeche, and Itzulia, its not rider error anymore but infrastructure gaps. The Ganna annulment at Algarve was brutal tho, he literally crossed the finish line first but got penalized for organizers not properly barricading the route.
Yes it's a worry and really shouldn't happen once let alone three different times in a season - Ganna deserved that victory, 100%.