After days of suffering from the effects of a crash, Pavel Sivakov abandoned the Giro d’Italia on stage 16, leaving Geraint Thomas and Ineos Grenadiers down a key lieutenant in their hunt for the maglia rosa.
Sivakov was involved in a major crash on the rainy terrain of the 11th stage of the race, along with teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart who was forced to abandon the race with a fractured left hip.
