The Villa Scassi hospital also issued a brief update. "The surgery was carried out by the team of Dr. Luca Pandolfo, the director of the Orthopedic and Trauma unit of the Villa Scassi hospital. The surgery and post-operation phase went well. The patient is is good condition and is starting a process of rehabilitation."
With Filippo Ganna and Tao Geoghegan Hart out of Giro d'Italia,
INEOS Grenadiers' forces are down to six men. Sivakov, who crashed with Hart in stage 11, seems to have recovered well enough to continue the race in support of Geraint Thomas.