The Colombian climber has been struggling with bronchitis in the last few days, with a blocked nose revealing he was not at his best. He is apparently also taking antibiotics but he refused to say that his illness cost him the maglia rosa.
Which would explain the drop of level over the final week.
Doctor – I think Ned (and Dan Lloyd) are doing the English language package for the Giro themselves. For those countries that just buy the package from RCS get the images and their commentary. I think Eurosport just buy the images.
