Giro d’Italia facing calls to finish early amid growing Covid-19 concerns

The Giro d’Italia is once again under threat from the coronavirus. Picture: Jennifer Lorenzini/AP/PA

A leading team has called for the Giro d’Italia to end one week early this coming Sunday as concerns over a rising number of cases of coronavirus threaten the Italian Grand Tour.

As Jhonatan Narvaez won stage 12 from a breakaway, a day intended as a celebration of Marco Pantani around his home town of Cesenatico became one of crisis for organisers as riders voiced their concerns and they were forced to address reports of an outbreak amongst police on the race.