🇮🇹 #GirodItalia This Giro d’Italia sweeps us through a range of emotions 😃😢. Olav Kooij has developed a fever during the rest day. He is unable to continue. Get well soon, Grand Tour stagewinner 🫶🏼
Visma lose their third rider at Giro d'Italia - Olav Kooij abandons race right after maiden Grand Tour win
CyclingTuesday, 14 May 2024 at 10:00
It's been a very difficult 2024 for Team Visma - Lease a Bike due to injuries and illnesses. Olav Kooij, the man who has given the Dutch team the greatest joy of the Giro d'Italia so far with his win in Sunday's stage finishing in Napoli has now abandoned due to illness.
According to his team, Kooij spent the rest day sick with fever and will not be able to continue racing. The 22-year old has won stages as well at the UAE Tour and Paris-Nice this year and managed to outsprint Jonathan Milan in the thrilling arrival of stage 9, taking the first Grand Tour stage of his career in style. However his race ends before the second week of the race began.
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