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Stephen Farrand

Primoz Roglic 'a couple of grams lighter' after flesh wound at Giro d'Italia

Primoz Roglic at the finish of stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) was in high spirits on Thursday morning ahead of stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, cracking jokes and quoting Rocky, but there are question marks over his fitness after another crash the previous afternoon. 

The Slovenian fell alongside rivals Tao Geoghegan Hart and Geraint Thomas with 70km remaining on stage 11, getting up quickly but crossing the line with a bloodied hole in his shorts up towards his left hip. 

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