Fractured thumb and stitches for Lopez after Suisse crash

A hard crash forced Astana's Miguel Ángel López to abandon the Tour de Suisse midway through Wednesday's fifth stage. Making only his second race appearance of the 2017 season after a winter and spring spent recovering from a broken tibia, López now finds himself again recovering from injuries.

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