For much of the morning of the Giro d'Italia's rest day in Italy, one of the biggest doubts amongst race followers was the extent of the injuries to Juan Ayuso's knee caused by his stage 9 crash on the gravel roads of Tuscany and how many stitches he had needed for it.
Was it two stitches or four stitches Ayuso needed - as one Spanish newspaper reported - or even seven, as another Spanish media outlet said? During the UAE Team Emirates rest day press conference, Ayuso quickly put the whole mystery to bed by revealing he had three stitches in his knee.
