Romain Bardet (Picnic PostNL) has abandoned the Volta ao Algarve after a crash on stage 3, appearing to injure his arm.
The French veteran looked to get entangled with teammate Romain Combaud in a crash with 23km to go. Combaud was fairly swiftly back on his feet, but Bardet took longer to get up, helped by medical staff.
“It was unfortunate, he didn’t see a speed bump and he lost control,” teammate John Degenkolb told Cyclingnews at the finish, “he went down really hard. I don’t know but I don’t think he made it to the finish.”
“It’s a real shame because he was in really good shape and I hope he’s ok.”
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