Wegelius continues in Giro d'Italia despite crash

Charly Wegelius crashes, Giro d'Italia 2010, stage 13

Charly Wegelius had a scare in the Giro d'Italia's 13th stage to Cesenatico today. He crashed with 47 kilometres to race on a downhill run and nearly fractured his right, pinky finger.

Immediately after the stage, he said that he believed it was not fractured and that he plans to continue into the race's third and final week.

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