Anna van der Breggen: 'I feel sorry for Annemiek van Vleuten' after crashing out of Giro Rosa

Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) takes the overall race lead after stage 8 at the Giro Rosa
Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) takes the overall race lead after stage 8 at the Giro Rosa (Image credit: Getty Images)

Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) has expressed her well-wishes for compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) after she was forced to abandon the Giro Rosa while in the overall lead following a crash on stage 7 that left her with a broken wrist. 

Van der Breggen said she would never have wanted to take the magia rosa in this way and said she felt sorry that Van Vleuten had crashed out of the race and would now miss her rainbow-jersey defence at the UCI Road World Championships held in Imola from September 24-27.

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