
Arnaud De Lie had been suffering since the Giro d'Italia began and it became too much to bear on Tuesday as the Belgian's race came to a premature end on the back half of stage 4.
His teammate Milan Menten suffered through the stage to finish second-last in Cosenza, over 18 minutes down on the winner, but joined De Lie in abandoning on Wednesday morning, Lotto Intermarché confirmed.