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Stephen Farrand

'We don't feel it was a tyre issue' – UAE Team Emirates dismiss Luke Rowe and Geraint Thomas comments on use of TT tyres in wet Giro d'Italia stages

Igor Arrieta of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG in the breakaway after being involved in a crash during the 109th Giro d'Italia .

The UAE Team Emirates-XRG team have dismissed suggestions that team leaders Adam Yates, Jay Vine and Marc Soler crashed out of the Giro d'Italia on stage 2 due a decision to use time trial tyres during road stages.

Other riders have crashed in the first week of the Giro, with Igor Arrieta slipping out and struggling on descents on the way to victory in Potenza on Wednesday.

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