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Giro d’Italia stage winner Tim Merlier in pain after ‘stupid crash’ in time trial

Giro d’Italia stage winner Tim Merlier in pain after ‘stupid crash’ in time trial


Stage 3 winner Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) is hoping the first Giro d’Italia rest day “will do wonders” for his injuries after crashing hard in the stage 7 individual time trial.

The Belgian’s incident wasn’t spotted on the broadcast due to not being a contender for the stage but photos of Merlier and comments from himself and team staff revealed that he had gone down and sustained more than just superficial injuries.

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