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British rider Tom Pidcock has withdrawn from the Itzulia Basque Country stage race after crashing on a practice run for the opening individual time trial.<\/b><\/p>\n
“Following consultation between our team doctor and the race medical team, Tom has been taken to a local hospital for further evaluation,” Ineos Grenadiers posted on X, external<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Pidcock, 24, came 11th in the monument Milan-Sanremo in his last race.<\/p>\n Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic won the stage in the Basque city of Irun.<\/p>\n Bora-hansgrohe rider Roglic, who won the Giro d’Italia in 2023, won the 10km time trial in 12 minutes and 34 seconds. <\/p>\n That was despite the 34-year-old taking the wrong path in the home straight and losing eight seconds as he turned round. <\/p>\n “It’s great and my legs obviously were good. I felt strong,” said Roglic. <\/p>\n “I made a bit of a mistake at the end, then I corrected it and luckily it was still enough.”<\/p>\n UAE Team Emirates rider Jay Vine of Australia finished seven seconds behind in second, with Denmark’s Mattias Skjelmose another three seconds back in third for Lidl-Trek.<\/p>\n Pidcok’s Ineos team-mate Ethan Hayter was the highest ranking British rider, finishing 19 seconds behind Roglic in ninth. <\/p>\n Tuesday’s second stage is 160km and finishes in Cambo-les-Bains in France. <\/p>\n The six-stage race concludes in Eibar on Saturday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n