
Crashes and their consequences have been all too omnipresent an issue in this year’s Itzulia Basque Country, but on Saturday at least at the stage start, there was an upbeat moment about one dating back to the 2022 race.
Two years ago Dutchman Milan Vader had a terrible accident in the Itzulia Basque Country, breaking his spine in eleven places and spending 12 days in an induced coma in a hospital in Bilbao.