Echelon racing in Italy is as rare as pineapple on a Naples pizza and an afternoon cappuccino in a Milan bar but the bad weather battering this year's Tirreno-Adriatico twice sparked 'un ventaglio' - as Italians call echelons - inspiring some spectacular racing.
"We wanted to win the stage, so we went for it," race leader Filippo Ganna of Ineos Grenadiers said, after ensuring he was in both echelons and driving them along in search of a stage win.
