Marc Soler abandons the Giro d'Italia on stage 12 after early crash

NOVARA ITALY MAY 09 Marc Soler Gimenez of Spain and Movistar Team at start during the 104th Giro dItalia 2021 Stage 2 a 179km stage from Stupinigi Nichelino to Novara girodiitalia Giro UCIworldtour on May 09 2021 in Novara Italy Photo by Stuart FranklinGetty Images
Marc Soler (Movistar) at the start of stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Movistar leader Marc Soler has been forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia after getting caught up in a crash in the early kilometres of stage 12 from Siena to Bagno di Romagna.

The Spaniard went down while riding towards the rear of the peloton just four kilometres into the 212-kilometre stage. Soler, who lay 11th on GC, 3:19 down on maglia rosa Egan Bernal, got going again but could later be seen holding his lower left back as he rode behind the Movistar team car some way behind the peloton.

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