Filippo Ganna of Ineos Grenadiers claimed victory in the opening stage of the Volta ao Algarve in a tumultuous finish where a majority of the peloton deviated onto the wrong side of roadside barriers. Despite this chaos, Ganna executed the correct trajectory on the left, allowing him to secure the win. Criticism arose regarding the officials' handling of the situation, particularly from Marco Haller, who expressed frustration over the lack of guidance, insisting that accountability is needed from race organizers to prevent such dangerous finishes in the future.
You could see that on the last kilometre, the deviation wasn't blocked by the officials, and obviously when the riders are coming, they follow the motor bikes, like they always do. And for me it's pretty ridiculous because we suffered 190km to put ourselves in the perfect position and then it is basically everything for nothing. "},{
It is a joke. Something where there needs to be consequences for the officials and the organisers because it cannot always be the riders who are to blame. We are in the heat of the moment, it is a race situation, it is frustrating. It is always the same finish, but this is why we have fences, we have officials, motorbikes who guide us, that was just poor. It is very frustrating for all of the riders because we want to have the best one to win it and not by chance.
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