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Giro d’Italia stage winner Olav Kooij abandons with fever as Visma's bad luck continues

Olav Kooij Visma Giro Jonathan Milan LidlTrek Attila Valter Ethan Vernon Jan Tratnik VismaLease a Bike
Olav Kooij was forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia due to illness after winning stage 9.

Visma-Lease a Bike’s bad luck and injuries at the Giro d’Italia has continued, with sprinter Olav Kooij forced to pull out of the Giro d’Italia due to a fever, two days after taking his first Grand Tour stage win in Naples.

Kooij is the third rider on the Dutch team to abandon the 2024 Giro after Robert Gesink and Christophe Laporte were forced to leave the race due to injuries sustained in crashes on stage 1 and stage 5 respectively.

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