Leader Primoz Roglic crashes hard in the Tour of the Basque Country, but can return to the peloton

Update Primoz Roglic crashed hard in the third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The Slovenian, who wears the yellow jersey as leader in the general classification, was able to continue his way, but it took a long time before he was back on the bike. He has now returned to the peloton.

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The crash took place in the peloton. It happened just under forty kilometers from the finish, in the run-up to the penultimate climb of the day. The crash itself was not visible, but it was clear that several riders were involved.

Roglic looked battered and pointed to his hip. Still, he got up again after a while. Two teammates, Emanuel Buchmann and Matteo Sobrero, were waiting for him and tried to bring him back to the peloton, but the yellow jersey wearer was already more than two minutes behind 36 kilometers from the finish.

Update (4:49 p.m.)

Roglic has now returned to the peloton. On the climb to Lizarrusti (6.4 km at 4.7%), the last climb of the day, he was able to reconnect. The peloton rode with some brakes in the previous phase to give the classification leader the opportunity to return.