"I just hope nothing’s broken" - Antonio Tiberi's Maglia Rosa dreams in tatters after stage 14 crash at the Giro d'Italia

Antonio Tiberi had been riding a near-perfect 2025 Giro d’Italia. Sitting comfortably in the general classification behind only Isaac del Toro and Juan Ayuso, he looked well on track for a strong overall finish at the start of stage 14. But fate had other plans.

A dramatic crash in the final kilometres of Stage 14 turned his race upside down. Tiberi hit the ground hard and, though he managed to reach the finish alongside his teammates, he lost valuable time — and left the stage uncertain about his physical condition. He now drops to eighth overall, more than 3 minutes behind. A major setback.

“I was scared I’d done serious damage,” Tiberi told Eurosport in a post-stage interview afterwards. “When I got up, I was in a lot of pain — I’d slammed into the curb pretty hard and got caught between bikes. Luckily, I managed to make it to the finish. A teammate gave me his bike because mine was completely unusable. I just hope nothing’s broken.”

Tiberi praised the team’s collective effort to bring him back: “We did everything we could to return to the bunch. Everyone waited — except Damiano Caruso. I hope it made a difference.”

Up until the crash, Tiberi had been perfectly placed near the front of the peloton. The timing of the incident couldn’t have been worse.

Worse still was the fate of compatriot Giulio Ciccone, who emerged even more battered from the chaos.

It was a day to forget for Italian cycling. In a matter of moments, the nation’s two strongest general classification hopes saw their Giro ambitions all but evaporate.