Primož Roglič's tough end to the first week of the Giro d'Italia took a turn for the worse on Sunday as the Slovenian became the biggest victim of bad luck on the much-feared gravel roads of stage 9 and lost over a minute to all the major pre-race contenders.
The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe leader had been the best-placed of all the favourites when he took a flying charge into the first sector of the 29 kilometres of gravel. But after that, it all went downhill for the 2023 Giro d'Italia winner.
