Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia Donne was relatively uneventful as a five-rider breakaway went up the road and was slowly but surely brought back by the sprinters’ teams. Then everyone got ready for a mass sprint for the finish. But a crash at the flamme rouge brought down several sprinters, who lost their chances of competing for the stage victory.
Movistar Team’s Emma Norsgaard was hit the hardest. Positioned behind Blanka Vas (Team SD Worx) and Silvia Zanardi (BePink), she had no chance to avoid the crash.
Norsgaard crossed the finish line nursing her right arm and was taken to a medical centre as she complained of pain in her wrist and shoulder. X-rays showed no fractures, but a decision on whether the Danish sprinter will continue the race will only be taken on the morning of stage 6.
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