Evenepoel crashes but continues Giro d’Italia

Evenepoel crashes but continues Giro d’Italia

It rained cats and dogs during the peloton’s trek to Salerno – home of the first medical school in the world – and a stray dog ended up playing an infamous role with 150 kilometers to go, when he sparked a crash that took down several Soudal Quick-Step riders, including the first maglia rosa of the race, Remco Evenepoel.

After being checked over by the staff, the World Champion got up and back onto his bike, continuing the stage. Four teammates waited to pace him back to the peloton, which in the meantime had slowed down following this incident, and Remco eventually linked up with the field a couple of kilometers later. Unfortunately, after a couple of calm hours in the saddle following this incident, the last kilometers weren’t that straightforward, and the Belgian hit the deck again, just as a reduced peloton was gearing up for the bunch sprint.

On the bright side, this incident occurred inside the last three kilometers of stage five, which meant Remco got the same time as the winner Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and retained his place on the overall podium of the competition. He will now be assessed by the Soudal Quick-Step medical team, with an update on his condition after this rain-soaked crazy stage set to come later in the evening.

 

Update

“After the first crash, things looked to be good for Remco, which at that moment was a big relief. The problem is that following his second crash he has a lot of pain on his right side and a hematoma with contraction of his muscles and some problems with his sacrum bone. Hopefully, with some good massage and osteopathic treatment followed by a good night’s rest things will be better. We will know more Thursday morning, but what’s sure is that stage six will be a difficult one for him”, said Soudal Quick-Step doctor Toon Cruyt.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Kaden Groves
Alpecin-Deceuninck
4:30:19
2 Jonathan Milan
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
3 Mads Pedersen
Trek - Segafredo
0:00
4 Mark Cavendish
Astana Qazaqstan Team
0:00
5 Nicolas Dalla Valle
Team Corratec - Selle Italia
0:00
6 Mirco Maestri
EOLO-Kometa
0:00
7 Filippo Fiorelli
Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
0:00
8 Andrea Vendrame
AG2R Citroën Team
0:00
9 Michael Matthews
Team Jayco AlUla
0:00
10 Niccolò Bonifazio
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
0:00
115 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
116 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
125 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step
2:04
132 Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step
2:26
154 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
156 Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step
4:17
157 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
170 Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step
6:20
1 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
19:06:03
2 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
0:28
3 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
AG2R Citroën Team
0:30
4 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
1:00
5 Primož Roglič
Jumbo-Visma
1:12
6 Geraint Thomas
INEOS Grenadiers
1:26
7 Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
1:26
8 Toms Skujiņš
Trek - Segafredo
1:29
9 Tao Geoghegan Hart
INEOS Grenadiers
1:30
10 Vincenzo Albanese
EOLO-Kometa
1:39
35 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step
6:47
38 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step
7:41
56 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step
12:31
81 Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step
19:07
126 Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step
33:30
156 Davide Ballerini
Soudal - Quick Step
43:27
164 Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step
46:35
1 Jonathan Milan
Bahrain - Victorious
92 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin-Deceuninck
91 pt
3 Mads Pedersen
Trek - Segafredo
56 pt
4 Michael Matthews
Team Jayco AlUla
48 pt
5 David Dekker
Team Arkéa Samsic
40 pt
6 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
AG2R Citroën Team
33 pt
7 Vincenzo Albanese
EOLO-Kometa
28 pt
8 Stefano Gandin
Team Corratec - Selle Italia
24 pt
9 Arne Marit
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
23 pt
10 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
22 pt
14 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
15 pt
1 Thibaut Pinot
Groupama - FDJ
40 pt
2 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka
Trek - Segafredo
26 pt
3 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
AG2R Citroën Team
22 pt
4 Samuele Zoccarato
Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
13 pt
5 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
12 pt
6 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
10 pt
7 Toms Skujiņš
Trek - Segafredo
10 pt
8 Thomas Champion
Cofidis
9 pt
9 Vincenzo Albanese
EOLO-Kometa
8 pt
10 Warren Barguil
Team Arkéa Samsic
8 pt
1 Andreas Leknessund
Team DSM
19:06:03
2 Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step
0:28
3 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
1:00
4 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
2:33
5 Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
Bahrain - Victorious
2:52
6 Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes
Movistar Team
3:35
7 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
4:58
8 Laurens Huys
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
6:08
9 Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz
EF Education-EasyPost
6:27
10 Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step
6:47
1 INEOS Grenadiers 57:21:58
2 Jumbo-Visma 1:49
3 Bahrain - Victorious 2:15
4 BORA - hansgrohe 3:22
5 UAE Team Emirates 3:23
6 Trek - Segafredo 4:15
7 EF Education-EasyPost 4:55
8 Soudal - Quick Step 7:01
9 Israel - Premier Tech 11:38
10 Groupama - FDJ 12:00

Related items

Remco Evenepoel extends Giro d’Italia overall lead

Remco Evenepoel extends Giro d’Italia overall lead

08/05/2023 - Race report
Link
Giro d`Italia - stage 5

Giro d`Italia - stage 5

10/05/2023
Link