The former Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart was pressured out of the race on stage 11, earlier than Pascal Ackermann received a dramatic dash end in Tortona.
The Ineos Grenadiers rider, who received the Giro in 2020, was using along with his teammates when he crashed closely on a slippery descent with round 70km remaining. The general chief, Geraint Thomas, additionally hit the deck however managed to proceed.
Geoghegan Hart, third within the general standings, was attended to by medics earlier than being loaded into an ambulance. “The Brit will head to hospital for checks and we will have further updates in due course,” stated Ineos Grenadiers on Twitter.
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Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) was additionally concerned within the crash however managed to proceed on a teammate’s bike. Shortly afterwards, the Movistar rider Óscar Rodríguez suffered a scary crash during which he got here into contact with a roadside signal and nearly hit a home.
Ackermann (UAE-Team Emirates) earned victory after a dramatic four-man dash, with Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) outgunning Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) just for Germany’s Ackermann to return by on the within.
Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious), the 22-year-old at present main the factors classification, continued his spectacular Giro type with a late solo surge for second place, pushing Cavendish down to 3rd place after the longest stage of this yr’s race, a 291km experience from Camaiore.
Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) was the final man standing from the early breakaway, however the Belgian was caught with 2km to go. Moments later, one other crash break up the peloton leaving a lowered group to compete for the dash end.
This yr’s weather-affected Giro has been hit with a number of high-profile withdrawals, with former race chief Remco Evenepoel having to desert after testing optimistic for Covid. An additional spherical of exams had been made on the riders and employees which confirmed Soudal Quick-Step quartet Jan Hirt, Josef Cerny, Louis Vervaeke and Mattia Cattaneo had contracted Covid too.
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