Eddie Dunbar gained’t begin stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia after crashing on the second day and struggling a knee damage and bodily abrasions.
The Irishman was concerned within the innocuous crash alongside sprinter Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) and teammate Filippo Zana on the entry to a roundabout 62km from the end, with the precise second of him hitting the deck not caught by tv cameras.
However, Dunbar was noticed limping after the incident earlier than ultimately remounting his bike and struggling on the summit end to Oropa, shedding 5:56 to Tadej Pogačar as he crossed the road means down in 51st on the day.
Despite managing to see out the stage, his crew Jayco-AlUla introduced this morning that he wouldn’t be capable to begin the third day from Novara to Fossano.
“Unfortunately following a crash on stage two of the Giro d’Italia, Eddie Dunbar is not going to begin at present’s third stage,” learn a press release from the crew.
“The Irishman was in a position to end the stage, however after additional examinations by the crew physician, the choice has been made to withdraw the 27-year-old from the race resulting from a sustained damage below his proper kneecap and bodily abrasions.”
Dunbar was seventh eventually 12 months’s Giro d’Italia and had been sat fourth for the opening two weeks till he misplaced time on the summit end to Tre Cime di Lavaredo and Monte Lussari time trial.
He’s had a run of dangerous luck prior to now few seasons with damage and sickness usually interrupting his preparations for large races. Just this season, he suffered his second damaged hand in as a few years on the UAE Tour and in addition solely managed to complete one of many 5 stage races he had began this 12 months.
Dunbar is simply the second rider to desert this 12 months’s Giro d’Italia after Robert Gesink (Visma-Lease a Bike) was unable to begin stage 2 and left the race with a damaged hand.
He now leaves Luke Plapp and Zana to try to salvage a GC run for the Australian crew, however they each sit a good distance again from Pogačar within the lead in 18th and twenty first respectively and over two minutes down.
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