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Alasdair Fotheringham

Driver of Itzulia Basque Country race doctor's car expelled from race for causing Mikel Landa stage 2 crash

Mikel Landa after a stage in the 2026 Volta a Catalunya.

UCI commissaires have expelled the Itzulia Basque Country race doctor's car – although in practice this means the individual driving the vehicle in question – from the event after causing the crash that left local star Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) injured during stage 2 and finally out of the race.

On the high-speed, narrow descent of the first-category San Miguel de Aralar, Landa fell heavily after he collided with the race doctor's car.

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