Tarling and Roglic crash out of Giro on stage 16

After colliding on a dramatic stage 16, Britain’s Josh Tarling and former champion Primoz Roglic resigned from the Giro d’Italia.

Isaac del Toro held onto the leader’s pink jersey, but Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz, both from Britain, dramatically reduced their lead.

Christian Scaroni, an Italian sprinter, defeated fellow Italian champion Lorenzo Fortunato to claim the stage victory from Piazzola sul Brenta to San Valentino.

Early on Tuesday’s stage, Welshman Tarling, 21, slid into a barrier after colliding heavily on a very wet surface.

One of the pre-race favorites, Slovenian Roglic, collided shortly after on a slippery descent alongside Carapaz from Ecuador.

Roglic, 35, made a momentary attempt to advance before resuming his Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe team car.

The 2023 champion lost crucial time to his general classification rivals on Sunday’s stage 15 after his third crash of the week on Saturday.

However, 2019 champion Carapaz bounced back from his fall and launched a powerful attack late to fend off Yates and Del Toro.

Mexican Del Toro, who managed to hold on to the race lead, was able to escape Yates with his own attack.

Del Toro, a rider for the UAE Team Emirates-XRG, is now 26 seconds ahead of Yates, who is riding for EF Education-EasyPost.

Derek Gee from Canada added time to Del Toro, who is now a minute and a half behind Carapaz.

Juan Ayuso, Del Toro’s teammate and another of the pre-race favorites, cracked and lost a lot of time falling out of the top 10, having started the day third.

Adam Yates’ twin brother, Max Poole (13th), Tom Pidcock (16th), and James Knox (23rd) all made the top 20 in the overall rankings.

As the race resumed in heavy rain on Monday’s second rest day, Tarling was a part of a seven-rider breakaway that had a 30-second lead over the peleton.

His body struck the barrier as he slid out of a roundabout while his bike travelled from under him.

The 2023 European time trial champion was confirmed by Ineos Grenadiers.

Following a collision on the current stage, Josh Tarling, according to the team, has regrettably had to leave the Giro d’Italia.

He is being evaluated further by our team doctor, who is with him. As soon as possible, we’ll keep you informed of his condition.

The Welsh rider’s success came when he won the stage two time trial and his first Grand Tour stage victory.

On stage 10, Tarling finished second, seven seconds behind Dutchman Daan Hoole, who had previously been successful in the race’s second time trial.

Before Sunday’s finish in Rome, Tarling would have wanted to complete a three-week Grand Tour for the first time despite there being no additional individual efforts.

Italian Alessio Martinelli also resigned after sauntering into a ravine.