Derek Gee-West‘s Giro d’Italia GC chances took a significant but far from decisive hit after the Canadian was caught up in the massive crash that ripped through the race some 23 kilometres from the finish of stage 2. However, the damage done was not just because of his heavy fall and lone pursuit of the peloton that followed.
Gee-West was still regaining ground when the neutralised race restarted before the Lidl-Trek racer could actually make contact with the main group of favourites.
Lidl-Trek sports director Bernie Eisel stopped to check on injured riders not from his team, such as Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who fell badly and suffered an important cut in his head. Yates could complete the stage, but as Eisel told Cyclingnews, it was a “very tough crash.”
“To see a rider like Adam Yates there like that – I wanted to give him a little bit of support and see how he is… he seemed ok,” Eisel recounted, “and then we caught up with Derek and the race was neutralised.”
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