Arnaud De Lie had been suffering since the Giro d’Italia began and it became too much to bear on Tuesday as the Belgian’s race came to a premature end on the back half of stage 4.
The Lotto-Intermarché rider fell ill ahead of the Giro with a stomach bug that was blamed on cow manure on the roads of a race in Belgium the previous week, which he won.
Several riders fell ill, with reports of some requiring hospital treatment. Lotto Intermarché had to pull Liam Slock from their Giro squad, drafting in debutant Josh Giddings as a last-minute replacement. Milan Menten was also suffering with the same issue but continued fighting in the Giro for now.
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