Dunbar and three others crashed on Sunday’s stage, coming down on a right hand bend inside 65 kilometres to go
Eddie Dunbar’s bid to continue his fine record in the Giro d’Italia has come to a sudden halt, due to a knee injury. Photograph: Luc Claessen/Getty Images
“The Irishman was able to finish the stage, but after further examinations by the team doctor, the decision has been made to withdraw the 27 year old from the race due to a sustained injury under his right kneecap and bodily abrasions.”The policemen who met in a unique edition of the Cork-Kerry rivalry, for Olympic glory. He quickly rejoined the bunch, but slipped backwards on the race’s first summit finish.
The crash is a big disappointment for Dunbar. He took seventh overall last year in what was his first opportunity to lead a team in one of cycling’s three Grand Tours. It was the best Irish Giro performance since Stephen Roche won the race in 1987. Dunbar had crashed earlier this year in both the Volta Valenciana and the UAE Tour, sustaining a hand injury in the latter which put him out of competition for five and a half weeks. Those falls add to a number of crashes experienced in previous seasons, with Dunbar pondering his bad luck and the effect of those falls on his career.
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