Riders show off grim injuries sustained in Vuelta a España stage 14 crash

The pictures are not for the faint hearted

Esteban Chaves at the Vuelta a España 2019 (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

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Stage 14 of the Vuelta a España 2019 was supposed to be a simple transfer stage, one given to the sprinters as a reward for all of the near-vertical kilometres they've had to toil with over the first half of the Spanish Grand Tour.

Indeed, this was the first opportunity given to the peloton's fast men since stage four when Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) was victorious, with breakaways taking the flatter stages 11 and 12.

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