Adam Yates has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia and won't start stage 3 after crashing heavily in the mass incident on stage 2 and losing more than 13 minutes at the finish in Veliko Tarnovo.
Yates was one of five UAE Team Emirates-XRG riders to come down on the wet descent with 23km to go, and is the third to abandon from the team after Jay Vine and Marc Soler were taken to the hospital and were unable to finish the stage.
“Adam Yates suffered a heavy abrasions and a laceration to his left ear. He was initially assessed on-site for concussion and cleared to continue, but subsequently, he has shown delayed concussive symptoms. He will not take the start of stage 3 today" the team stated on Sunday morning.
“All three [including Vine and Soler – Ed.] are under observation of our medical staff and will travel home in the coming days to continue their recovery and rehab."
Before the race, UAE already lost their planned leader, João Almeida, after several bouts of sickness disrupted his preparations for the Giro.
Yesterday's mass crash came after a season filled with bad luck for the team, which won 97 races a year prior, with Jay Vine, Mikkel Bjerg and Jhonatan Narváez all being out for prolonged periods due to crashes at the Tour Down Under.
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