VIDEO: Oscar Rodriguez crashes into house as slippery descent causes chaos at the Giro d'Italia
CyclingWednesday, 17 May 2023 at 15:52
On a day without much incident, everything began to happen all at once. First the likes of Geraint Thomas, Primoz Roglic and Tao Geoghegan Hart all crashed with the latter leaving the race in an ambulance, then Movistar Team member Oscar Rodriguez crashed into the side of a house on the same descent.
The weather was yet again playing a part at this Giro d'Italia that is proving more of a battle of survival than anything else. The slippery roads were causing chaos and Rodriguez lost control completely. Check it out in the video below.
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I'm endeavouring to find out the condition of Rodriguez and to my amazement can't find anything. Does he not count?
There is something on the moviestar website: https://movistarteam.com/ It's in spanish . Says in hospital overnight with "renal contusion" That's bruised kidney I think? Hope that helps.
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