Alpecin-Deceuninck sprinter Kaden Groves has suggested that his defensive elbow that sparked the high-speed crash late on stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia "happens 100 times" in sprint stage run-ins.
Race leader Remco Evenepoel lay the blame for the crash 4km from the line squarely at Groves' door, with claims that the Australian appeared to push Evenepoel's Soudal-QuickStep teammate Davide Ballerini as the peloton squeezed against the barriers on the left of the road.
