The highest three within the Tour of Italy crash, the British driver was taken to the hospital by ambulance – Muricas News

Giro d’Italian that's, the eleventh stage of the highway biking Tour of Italy supplied loads of drama, when the highest three of the competitors crashed on a slippery descent.

The worst occurred to the British Tao Geoghegan Hartillewho was injured so badly that he needed to go away the stage in an ambulance.

“He's going to the hospital for check-ups. We'll get extra updates on his state of affairs sooner or later”, the British driver’s workforce Ineos Grenadiers mentioned on his Twitter account.

Geoghegan Hart, 28, was in third place when the crash occurred.

Geoghegan Hart’s teammate who led the race was additionally concerned within the crash Geraint Thomas and Jumbo-Visman, which was second within the race Primož Roglič.

“Sadly, Tao was significantly injured, which is after all a giant loss. He was doing rather well and his place was nice. It is rather unlucky to lose him [kisasta] this manner”, Thomas mentioned after the stage.

Thomas and Roglič had been in a position to proceed the journey and stored their place within the total competitors. UAE Crew Emirates pedaled to victory within the 219-kilometer stage Pascal Ackermannwhich defeated By Jonathan Milan based mostly on the paintball digicam picture.

“All of the lettermen are very sturdy, so the tip was thrilling. I didn’t know the way slippery [maalisuoralla] could be, so I assumed I’d strike early,” Ackermann mentioned.

British Broadcasting Company BBCAccording to , 4 riders from the Soudal Fast-Step workforce withdrew from the race on Wednesday morning resulting from coronavirus an infection. The secure’s Belgian primary identify Remco Evenepoel needed to withdraw from the Giro’s high spot on Sunday for a similar cause.

Correction 17.5. 10:00 p.m.: Modified the primary image of the story. The image within the story earlier was not Tao Geoghegan Hart however Geraint Thomas.

Correction 18.5. 10:40 a.m.: An earlier correction incorrectly claimed that Tao Geoghegan Hart was within the lead photograph. Geraint Thomas was nonetheless within the image.