The opening stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk was disrupted by a large crash which took down half the field and blocked the road.
The incident occurred with 22km remaining on the stage from Dunkirk to Iwuy, with a Direct Energie rider near the front of the bunch appearing to clip the wheel of the Lotto-Soudal rider in front of him, falling to the right and taking out an FDJ rider to trigger a chain reaction.
>>> GC contenders hit the deck at Giro d'Italia after Fernando Gaviria misjudges corner
A large number of riders were brought down in the crash with bodies and bikes blocking the road, leaving only around 40 riders at the front of the race with Lotto-Soudal's Jens Debusschere eventually taking the win.
Thankfully only three riders were forced to abandon the race as a result of the crash, with Stijn Vandenbergh (Ag2r La Mondiale) suffering concussion and Frederik Frison (Lotto-Soudal) suffering injuries to his hip and ribs.
-
-
Arlenis Sierra takes the win at Clásica Feminas de Navarra ahead of Van Vleuten
The Cuban champion takes her first win of the year after a tense and unpredictable race in Spain
By Owen Rogers •
-
Giro d'Italia 2021 standings: The latest results from the 104th edition
Giro d'Italia 2021: all the standings for the stages, overall, mountains, points, best young rider and team standings throughout the race
By Tim Bonville-Ginn •
-
Arlenis Sierra takes the win at Clásica Feminas de Navarra ahead of Van Vleuten
The Cuban champion takes her first win of the year after a tense and unpredictable race in Spain
By Owen Rogers •
-
Giro d'Italia 2021 standings: The latest results from the 104th edition
Giro d'Italia 2021: all the standings for the stages, overall, mountains, points, best young rider and team standings throughout the race
By Tim Bonville-Ginn •
-
Who’s out of the Giro d’Italia 2021 after stage seven?
The latest retirements from this year's race
By Alex Ballinger •
-
Five talking points from stage seven of the Giro d’Italia 2021
Ewan doubles up, Gaviria goes long, and Merlier has a 'case of the Tom Dumoulins'
By Alex Ballinger •
-
Caleb Ewan takes second win on stage seven of Giro d'Italia 2021
The final few kilometres were over tight twisty roads but the Australian pocket rocket had to pace to take the win
By Tim Bonville-Ginn •
-
Team BikeExchange sports director thrown off Giro d'Italia after driving into Pieter Serry on stage six
The sports director did apologise to the Belgian rider but was thrown off the race
By Tim Bonville-Ginn •
-
Julian Alaphilippe rules himself out of selection for Tokyo Olympics
Julian Alaphilippe has ruled himself out of selection for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, instead choosing to focus on defending his rainbow jersey
By Jonny Long •
-
Tom Dumoulin will return to racing next month after taking a break from cycling career
It was unclear if Dumoulin would ever return to competition, but Jumbo-Visma have confirmed their Dutch Grand Tour is back
By Alex Ballinger •
