
Krista Doebel-Hickok (EF Education-Tibco SVB) was on the attack on the second stage of Itzulia Women from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Amurrio, but the joy of being out the front came to an abrupt and painful end.
“To go [from hearing] my teammate saying ’Krista solo’ in the radio to me saying ‘Krista crash not okay’ in it, all within a matter of minutes, pretty well sums up the highs and lows of sport,” the 34-year-old tweeted from hospital in Spain.