Jai Hindley suffers fractured vertebra in Giro d'Italia crash, Jan Hirt finishes stage with broken femur – injury update
Effects ܫof heavy crash and injur🦋y updates still rumbling on as riders leave hospital overnight

As riders prepare for another day of racing at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia, the injury updates from those involved in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:mass crash on stage 6 continue to emerge, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) diagnosed with concussion and fractured vertebra. The 2022 Giro winner was the most high-profil🌄e abandon on Thursday.
Whilst some riders climbed off during the stage, many injured bodies continued with the extent of their injuries only beꦗcoming clear post-stage and on Friday.
Most shockingly, Israel-Premier Tech's Jan Hirt fini🎃shed the stage with a fracture in his right thigh.
"Although ဣJan managed to finish the stage, he was immediately taken to hospital where a CT scan revealed a right trochanter (femur) fracture," his team confirmed on Friday morning.
"Jan will be unable to continue raꦛcing and will instead return home to prioritize his recovery."
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe confirmed on Thursday evening that Hindley was suffering from concussion, but the Australian provided an update on Friday morning, adding that he had a lower-back fracಌture.
"I went down pretty hard and have a slight concussion and fracture in my L3 vertebrae, but otherwise am alꦆl good," Hindley wrote in an .
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"Super disappointed to have to leave the Giro and really hope everyone else who came down yesterday is alright. And wishing all the riders a good race, especially my Red Bull-Bora-H𓂃ansgrohe teammates."
H🍬indley hit☂ his head in the crash and appeared dazed, and was taken away in an ambulance on the instruction of the race doctors.
Other victims of the crash include Alpecin-Deceuninck's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Juri Hollmann, for whom "a broken arm is feaജred" b🏅ut the team are yet to provide a further update, and Dion Smith (Intermarché-Wanty) who was suffering "strong hip pain" and couldn't continue riding.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Josef Černý (Soudal-QuickStep) was initially reported as an abandon after climbing into an ambulance, but ended up continuing and finishing the stage, albeit with a bloodied leg. 🌞It's not yet clear if he will start stage 7.
Like Hirt, another rider that finished stage 6 but won't continue on Friday is Ark&ea🍨cute;a-B&B Hotels' Michel Ries.
Over 30 r✅iders crashed on the wet roads towards Naples, including Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) and Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). They all finished, but it's likely that several riders will still be feeling the effects of crashing heavily.
There could still be more abandons as riders judge whether they are able to ride another day or not, and we will update this story and our 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia abandons list as necessary.
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience ꧙and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalisꦫm.
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