Nizzolo regrets second missed opportunity on home soil

Italy's Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek Factory Racing) was in a grim mood after stage seven of the Giro d'Italia, where he was narrowly but decisively defeated by FDJ. fr sprinter Nacer Bouhanni's well-calculated dash for the line at Foligno.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.