A day after the severe mass fall on the sixth stage of the Giro d’Italia, the diagnosis of the German cycling professional Juri Hollmann has been confirmed. The 25-year-old suffered a double break of the right forearm and a complicated break in the right hip, said his team Alpecin-Deceuninck. Hollmann had been flown to the hospital in Herental in Belgium by helicopter and is being treated there.
On Thursday, around 70 kilometers before the finish in Naples, numerous cycling professionals fell on rain wet roads, including the Giro winner from 2022, Jai Hindley. The Australian apparently suffered a slight concussion and a break on the third lumbar vertebrae. “But otherwise I am fine,” wrote the professional of the German Red Bull team and thanks on his social media channel for the recovery wishes.
Favorite Primoz Roglic took over the pink jersey after the first mountain arrival on Friday. The 35-year-old Slovenen was enough for a fourth place on the heavy seventh stage of the Tour of Italy over 168 kilometers and 3,500 meters of altitude. The professional of the German Red Bull team is four seconds before the day winner, the Spaniard Juan Ayuso, and nine seconds ahead of Isaac del Toro from Mexico. Ayuso prevailed at the final increase with up to 14 percent slope in Tagliacozzo in the Abruzzo against del Toro and the former tour winner Egan Bernal from Colombia.