Cat Ferguson out of Giro d’Italia Women on opening day after mid-stage crash

The Giro d’Italia Women has barely got underway, and already a star rider is heading home after a crash in the early kilometres of the opening stage.

The first live television images of the race showed a crash in the peloton as a touch of wheels saw a host of riders hit the deck in the middle of the group, 49km into the 139km stage.