"I'm still there" reassures Primoz Roglic after crashing on stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia

After being involved in a crash that also saw the INEOS Grenadiers duo Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart hit the deck, Primoz Roglic has reassured that he his feeling fine and still fighting for the Maglia Rosa.

"You can see that the pants are a bit damaged," the Jumbo-Visma leader pointed out in a post-stage interview. "I'm going to take a shower in a bit, I'm still there," he adds with a smile.

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Although the Maglia Rosa, Geraint Thomas was also able to quickly recover a rejoin the peloton, Tao Geoghegan Hart wasn't quite so lucky. The former Giro winner who had started the day sitting third in the general classification left the race in an ambulance with Roglic's Jumbo-Visma teammate Koen Bouwman revealing the Brit thought he had broken his leg.

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