Zabriskie crashes out of Giro

David Zabriskie leaving the Giro

David Zabriskie leaving the Giro (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Team Slipstream's David Zabriske was forced out of the Giro d'Italia on stage two after coming down in a multi-rider pileup and sustaining a fractured L1 vertebrae. The crash occurred on a railroad crossing with around 55 kilometres of the stage remaining. Astana's Alberto Contador was also involved but the Spaniard was uninjured and able to continue.

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