
About 40 kilometers from the finish on stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico, David Gaudu crashed in the feed zone and was forced to abandon the race on Tuesday. The extent of the injuries as a result of the impact were unclear at the time.
Thursday, the Groupama-FDJ team announced on social media that “David Gaudu underwent surgery for a fracture at the base of the first metacarpal.”