Tanel Kangert had to quit the Giro d’Italia and give up his seventh place in general classification after a heavy crash with 10km to go on the stage 15.
The Estonian has reportedly broken his elbow in the incident after he ploughed straight into a traffic island in the middle of the road.
“Oh my goodness!” ??@AstanaTeam‘s Tanel Kangert smashes into some road furniture and takes a nasty fall pic.twitter.com/FHdsLPTk40
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) 21 mai 2017
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