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Giro d’Italia rocked by second major crash as GC hope Adam Yates loses over 13 minutes
- Yates suffered a 13:46 GC loss after a heavy crash on wet roads late in the stage.
- Vine and Soler abandoned after crashes, reducing UAE Team Emirates’ GC hopes.
- Race was neutralized for about ten minutes before restarting with 15 km to go.
- Jonas Vingegaard attacked on the following climb after the restart.
- The stage finished in a bunch sprint with Guillermo Thomas Silva winning his first grand tour stage.
- Yates finished the stage with visible facial injuries but completed the stage.
- Other riders, including Derek Gee-West and Remi Cavagna, were among those who fell.
- Uno-X rider Ådne Holter was the third rider to abandon after failing a concussion check.
- Bahrain Victorious later confirmed that Santiago Buitrago Sanchez could not finish.
- The stage covered 221 km, starting Burgas and finishing Veliko Tarnovo.
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