Max Poole (Picnic-PostNL) almost saw his solid start to the 2025 Giro d'Italia end in a crash on stage 5, as he was forced to abort his sprint into Matera after being clipped by eventual second-place finisher Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious).
The Brit produced a great save to finish rubber-side down in 26th after the incident that led to no ramifications for the Italian, with fellow GC hope Romain Bardet completing the lead-out, and he'll be glad to live to fight another day after impressing in the opening five race days.
