Jay Vine (UAE Crew Emirates-XRG) had his return to racing from damage reduce brief on stage 3 of Volta a Catalunya, with a crash at round 70km to go.
The Australian time trial champion got here down in a crash which noticed not less than 5 riders hitting the bottom.
As tv cameras panned again to the aftermath of the crash others concerned, comparable to Leo Bisiaux (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Josh Kench (Groupama-FDJ United) might be seen getting bikes and heading again off to try to rejoin the race. Vine’s teammate Ivo Oliveira, the nationwide champion from Portugal, was additionally helped up however then continued on to complete the stage because the final rider throughout the road, in a hundred and fifty fifth spot at 12:11 down on stage winner Dorian Godon (Ineos Grenadiers).
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Vine, nevertheless, was seen in a deep roadside gutter. He bought up however signalled that the brand new bike that was rushed to him from the automotive would not be wanted – it was race over.
Vine bought into the staff automotive and it was a DNF on the outcomes sheet for his first race again after the Tour Down Beneath in January, the place he bought via the ultimate stage to assert general victory regardless of a crash involving a kangaroo that got here leaping into the peloton.
That January crash reduce brief Vine’s profitable run in what had been a diligently ready for season begin, which started with Vine clinching Australia’s nationwide time trial title and continued on with a stage and general victory within the South Australian race. Although the crash of that occasion then left him with a fractured wrist and out of the racing till the Volta a Catalunya, the place he was nonetheless managing the impression of the elevated load of racing on his wrist.
On the time of writing there was but to be a medical replace launched by the staff following Vine’s crash on Wednesday.
Vine has needed to take care of plenty of damage comebacks throughout his profession, most notably the lengthy restoration from a horrible crash at Itzulia Basque Nation in 2024 involving a number of riders that left him with a number of vertebrae fractures. He returned with sturdy type later that season and continued into a powerful 2025, which included two Grand Excursions, the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España, and two particular person stage wins on the Spanish Grand Tour.
Vine had outlined the Giro d’Italia, beginning on Might 8, as amongst his 2026 targets. It has a 40.2km particular person time trial on stage 10.
