Giro d’Italia 2020: Giro director criticizes de Gendt for saying the...

Ehe Giro d’Italia continues its course in a high state of tension due to the coronavirus crisis. After the withdrawal of the Mitchelton and Jumbo Visma and the request of the EF to suspend the race on the rest day next Monday, now the director of the pink test, Mauro Vegni, criticizes the Belgian cyclist Thomas de Gendt, who claimed that the organization “hides things.”

“I respect runners and their fears because when it comes to health you have to be very careful. But as an organization we are careful every day and we put all our strength into it. Athletes should behave in the same way, it will help create a bubble of tranquility, “he asked.

According to Vegni, De Gendt “should be careful what he says”, as he assured that the Giro organization was hiding things and that cyclists were beginning to feel in danger.

“I called his team manager and told him that Thomas de Gendt should be careful what he says.. To say that we may have manipulated the results is very serious. International health is at stake, “said Mauro Vegni.

Regarding the 17 cases of positives announced last Thursday among policemen, Vegni specified that it was a parallel test, unrelated to the Giro, which takes place with electric bicycles.

Mauro Vegni insisted on the intention that the Giro arrive in Milan on October 25.

“I don’t understand why we should stop the Giro. The Giro must go on, without a doubt. Before the start we knew that the virus would attack us, but all we have to do is keep going and keep our heads high.”