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Simone Giuliani

Elisa Longo Borghini abandons Giro d'Italia Donne after heavy stage 5 crash

Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) pushing through to the line after a stage 5 crash on the descent

Elisa Longo Borghini will not start stage 6 of the Giro d'Italia Donne following a heavy fall on the descent toward Tuesday's finish line in Ceres, with her Lidl-Trek team saying that the rider is in considerable pain after the crash.

Longo Borghini was taken to hospital for an x-ray of her pelvis and right shoulder on Tuesday after the stage, which Lidl-Trek said that evening had ruled out the presence of fractures. 

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