{"id":572098,"date":"2026-05-08T01:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572098\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T01:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T01:17:08","slug":"cow-pies-in-belgium-blamed-for-lottos-pre-giro-woes-escape-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572098\/","title":{"rendered":"Cow pies in Belgium blamed for Lotto&#039;s pre-Giro woes &#8211; Escape Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQMzZqN2F2MU42NHRRa3VRVDFnamdxLUZCUVltNFJQd3EtT01xSDQ5RU1EeHU5WkpPU0tPZzRZNDNXTGh0MUNjQkFjME1hMHVORmNBdjk3UDMyWUF5TlBEdGVpbFRIMHlZVzU3dU4yYnRFQkI1Sm1YNHV0amtKNy12Z3ZWSjVVUHFk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cow pies in Belgium blamed for Lotto&#8217;s pre-Giro woes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Escape Collective<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOSWFCOWR5VGs0U2RlR0RIMnViR3BBMVJxbzdmYkhNVTFiT1FxcTVER0hiVzlTN1JHbl9VeUtrd2dFZkRrMFNjM0lPQV84U1h4TE1mZl85ZEhRZUZfOVBaN0h5b1c3cUE4RC1zMzJjc0ppbHlhUlZkWmRIVFJnVzFKeGUydjNFd1R5TzlISTdJaU5kbzZZYlVnS3l1anNPOEdteGttOU1HcFpuTkd0dlFic1ZOVDd4S2JZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Half the peloton is ill\u2019: cowpats blamed as cyclists fall sick after race in Belgium<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3wFBVV95cUxNZWp6QmNHeHRXbzIzbHNWeW0zTHhreDVDX2NZQU9WN0pvT0h4U285QWxHOWgwMG1HMDRDWlBZTkhZbldEcFkzS0lvVWE0OTdPRHl5TVBoWERyN0ZjdzZvaE9BMjRndjRVWkt5WnJseWlUbW4wU3BHWnBJbnNHT3Bibzd2N1lDYnlHODFLNkloR3JzRjVZYVZIQXUtVGcyX2tzTzdKWHA1bjhJamNXLUNCYk5CY29GWmNyZjM4cmJERThGaVNFVXdLQktsbzZTT1BFTGk2dFhFajk0TVU3SXRr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Half the peloton is ill&#8217; \u2013 manure blamed as riders fall ill ahead of Giro d&#8217;Italia, creating drama for some teams<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cycling Weekly<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxPa3c2NEYxa2lJbmc0VDdfcDFHbXJ1Z1gxU215U2V2MUlTbGRkdGVWY2pwMGJmYTlKZlA4UkhWTi1RZjAtYlRMYW9MVk9mTm95cTBVU0ItNGdHOEhEeEp6Y3M5QXVYWUJoQUtfVGpadEdsR2gyc2hRdU9tTGdJN2stYkIySi1UZ012LVlHR3ItZGhUN3Q1TGdDMENOcXNqUkdObHVjdy1VMGdyR0ZvbWxn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cow dung blamed as diarrhoea, fever, and vomiting hit the peloton ahead of the Giro d\u2019Italia<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Road.cc<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwJBVV95cUxQNkhmSVZXZ2ZQNFhLUVRLWU1Zb1ZaN1ZJd1VaRDBjT3UxYU8tSlV2dmVIN2NYSXFzQnFGZHU4bmZ6Ui1Xc1BsQXZhNTBGYXhRRTkzeGJQWkNuMk9XeUNOdkV3SFlsR1I3OGk3eFctdlY5UjN0cmQ0bnB4c01mQXN4TXh1X0VMRG9XMWhoMHhjY0ZVck5QUjlFbUZ1cW5LcFZHR3FFRDBfU1NKaHZ2aGJRYkV3REI1M0ljWFowUTJaQTg1Q1VaSklPckI4OHZmbktVXzJJejRxWUJud3FwSXlZVGVucl9NMWgweDN4Y1BxaE1hUWRJcjhUaG9YMmlyMm5hUTJZZndrZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Half the peloton fell ill&#8217; \u2013 Cow manure infection blamed as Arnaud De Lie and Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9 see Giro d&#8217;Italia build-up derailed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cyclingnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cow pies in Belgium blamed for Lotto&#8217;s pre-Giro woes&nbsp;&nbsp;Escape Collective\u2018Half the peloton is ill\u2019: cowpats blamed as cyclists&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-572098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}