Ill-starred Australian cycling star Jay Vine has suffered a broken elbow and concussion in his Giro d'Italia-ending crash -- but his decimated UAE Team Emirates-XRG team have been left relieved his injuries weren't even more serious.
The 30-year-old Vine, who suffered a third serious crash in just 13 days of racing in 2026 and has now endured a reported 23 spills in his brilliant but accident-filled five-year career, will not need surgery, the team revealed on Sunday.
But UAE, the peloton's most powerful outfit, limped on in the Giro over the third stage in Bulgaria with a shell of a team after three of their most powerful members -- Vine, Marc Soler and team leader Adam Yates -- were all forced to abandon after Saturday's high-speed crash on a soaking right-hand turn.
