The Giro d’Italia from hell continues for Caleb Ewan

Foto Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse
12 Maggio 2022 Palmi, Italia
sport ciclismo
Giro d'Italia 2022 - edizione 105 - Tappa 6 - Da Palmi a Scalea (Riviera dei Cedri)
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Photo Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse
May 12, 2022 Palmi, Italy
sport Cycling
Giro d'Italia 2022 - 105th edition - Stage 6 - From Palmi to Scalea (Riviera dei Cedri)
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Disappointment rolled on for Caleb Ewan at the 2022 Giro d'Italia, here pictured after miss the victory by millimetres on stage 6 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Sprinter Caleb Ewan was so close to a sure podium and potential win on stage 1 of this year’s Giro d’Italia, but what looked like it could be a perfect start slipped away as he slid across the tarmac within sight of the line. Now ten stages in, his fortunes at the race don’t seem to have improved much. 

By stage 8 last year, Ewan had already left the Giro d'Italia with 2 victories under his belt. Now he is staring down stage 11 and the high mountains at the end of this week with two near misses instead, asa after the opening day crash came a photo finish on stage 6, where Ewan was just millimetres behind his rival Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ). Still, there was worse to come as on stage 10 instead of fighting for victory at the front of the race, Ewan was battling not to get thrown out of it at the back.

Simone Giuliani
Australia Editor

Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.