It was supposed to be the highlight of the Giro del Friuli, but the Ampezzo-Ravascletto stage will officially never have taken place: 38 kilometers from the finish line, the large leading group had to stop due to a serious car crash that had occurred on that false flat section before the race's passage. The extent of the incident, for which our thoughts go to those involved, required such complex operations (with firefighters and a helicopter on site) that the race management had to stop everything. No uphill finish in this edition of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region Tour, everything will be decided tomorrow in San Daniele: on paper a day for attackers, which will become even more fierce in light of this cancellation of the queen stage. We recall that leading the GC is yesterday's great finisher Nicolas Milesi (Arkéa Continental) with 8 seconds advantage over most of the other riders.

The incident involved a jury motorbike that was hit at an unguarded intersection. According to the first reports, the motorcyclist was stabilized and then airlifted to hospital, while the commissaire is believed to have sustained only fractures. Despite the seriousness of their injuries, neither of them is in life-threatening condition.