Giro d’Italia | Olav Kooij falls towards Oropa – Team Visma | Lease A Bike hit again

At Team Visma | they know that accidents can easily happen Lease A Bike in 2024 everything from. It started with Wilco Kelderman’s crash in the final stage of Paris-Nice, after which Wout van Aert’s spring was ruined with a mega hit in Dwars Door Vlaanderen.

Then things went from bad to worse for the Dutch formation that won all the Grand Tours last year. The big trump card for the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard, crashed very hard in the Tour of the Basque Country. The Dane, who won the last two editions of the Tour, had to stay in the hospital in Vitoria for a long time due to a collapsed lung and lung contusion. The chance that he will ride the Tour this year is not very good.

In the run-up to the Giro, it was announced that Kelderman needed too much time to recover from his broken collarbone suffered in the Course to the Sun. Koen Bouwman was supposed to take his place, but became ill during the Tour de Romandie. On the first day of the Giro itself, Gesink crashed Corsa Rosa was finished after one day due to a fracture in his hand.

The misery seems to continue for Visma | LAB, because during the second stage Kooij and then Hungarian champion Attila Valter initially came into contact with the asphalt. Kooij seemed to be able to continue, but will be very disappointed on the way to the first sprint opportunity on Monday in Fossano.