At the start of Morella, three teams arrived on their bus with one less passenger before the fifth stage. They were Intermaché, without Kobbe Gossens, Movistar, without Ruben Guerreiro and Cofidis, without Bryan Coquard. In the last part of the fourth day, at the entrance to Tarragona, a fall affected many of the competitors. None of them gave up and they all made it to the finish line, with a lot of time lost, but several of them had a bad night… and multiple injuries. In the case of Goossens, who excelled at the beginning of the season in the Mallorca Challenge, A deep knee injury left him out of the field. Coaquard, with a possible fractured scapula, was also out of the game, and Ruben Guerreiro left with a broken collarbone.
For Movistar, this is a notable loss, as the Portuguese was the one responsible for it And trying to help Enrique Mas on the mountain. In the Tour de France, he also had to retire early due to a fall, In the complicated second part of the season after a great start. Already in this fifth stage, the Jayco team was the most affected. In the neutral section of the outlet, Eddie Dunbar, the team’s trump card in the overall standings and who finished seventh in the Giro, suffered a severe blow after falling and was unable to continue. While riding, Italian Filippo Zanna, who was suffering from stomach problems, got off his bike. A day of setbacks
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