Giro d'Italia GC favourite Jonas Vingegaard has lost key Visma-Lease a Bike teammate Wilco Kelderman, with the experienced Dutch climber and domestique forced to abandon the race before stage 4.
Kelderman went down hard in the high-speed crash during stage 2 in Bulgaria. He managed to finish the stage and stage 3 to Sofia but has not recovered from his injuries as the Corsa Rosa resumes in the south of Italy.
"Unfortunately, Wilco Kelderman will not start stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia following his crash a couple of days ago, as he is still experiencing lingering effects from the crash," the Visma-Lease a Bike team announced via social media as the team travelled to the start of stage 4 in Catanzaro.
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Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Ådne Holter (Uno-X Mobility), Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) were all injured in the stage 2 crash.
