Tangle with feed bag brings Eulálio crashing down but Giro d’Italia white jersey bounces back to light up stage 18 finale

The incident occurred as the peloton prepared to tackle the hilly finish of the 171km stage, with Eulálio riding on the right-hand side of the road, and falling into the bunch when his handlebar seemingly tangled in the long strap of one of the musettes being dangled at the roadside.

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Eulálio hit the ground and looked to be nursing his left arm after the fall. The Portuguese rider, who led the Giro between stages 6 and 13, got back on his feet and back on a spare bike after some time on the ground. His teammate Robert Stannard was on hand to support him as he raced back to the peloton.

He could later be seen waving his arm around as he rode along, and while he got back to the peloton, there was further trouble when the peloton split and he was caught on the wrong-side of it on the approach to the critical late climb of the Muro di Ca’ del Poggio.