Jelle Wallays on stage six of the Vuelta a España
Jelle Wallays (Lotto-Soudal) may have finished a lowly 151st in the Vuelta a España, but he had to suffer just as much as those at the top of the general classification after revealing that he had ridden the vast majority of the race with a broken wrist and two broken ribs.
The Belgian rider sustained in the injuries in a high-speed crash on stage four of the race, crashing with around three kilometres to go on the stage to Tarragona, taking a while to remount and crossing the line more than six minutes down.
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