LUCA WACKERMANN QUITS THE GIRO D'ITALIA

Team Vini Zabù - Brado - KTM loses an important part of the roster of the Giro d'Italia as Luca Wackermann, who was close to the win in the 2nd stage in Agrigento, has been forced to abandon the Corsa Rosa.

The rider from Milano crashed today inside the last km of the 4th stage together with Etienne Van Empel after that the barriers flew across the road because of an helicopter flying too low near the riders.

The first report from the Universitary Hospital of Messina, where the rider has been moved after the crash, says that Wackermann suffered a concussion following a head injury, a fracture of the nasal bones, multiple contusions to the face and in the lumbosacral zone, a valid contusion to the lips and to the dental arch, lacerated wounds to the left eyebrow, on the chin and on the right knee, multiple bruises to arms and legs and a suspected lumbosacral fracture that is gonna be x-rayd again.

Wackermann will spend the night in the hospital kept under observation and losing that chance to live a dream vanished because of an episode that could have brought some heavier consequences.
 

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