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Britain’s Josh Tarling and former champion Primoz Roglic abandoned the Giro d’Italia after crashes on a dramatic stage 16.<\/b><\/p>\n
Isaac del Toro clung on to the leader’s pink jersey but had his lead drastically cut by Britain’s Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz, who moved up to third overall.<\/p>\n
Italy’s Christian Scaroni won the stage from Piazzola sul Brenta to San Valentino after breaking clear on the final climb with XDS Astana team-mate and compatriot Lorenzo Fortunato, who took second.<\/p>\n
Welshman Tarling, 21, slid on a very wet surface early on Tuesday’s stage and suffered a heavy crash into a barrier.<\/p>\n
Slovenian Roglic, one of the pre-race favourites, crashed shortly after on a slippery descent alongside Ecuador’s Carapaz.<\/p>\n
Roglic, 35, briefly attempted to carry on before climbing into his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team car. <\/p>\n
The 2023 winner suffered his third crash of the week on Saturday and lost crucial time to his general classification rivals on Sunday’s stage 15.<\/p>\n
However, 2019 winner Carapaz recovered from his fall to launch a powerful attack late to leave Del Toro and Yates behind.<\/p>\n
Yates responded with his own attack to drop Mexican Del Toro, who managed to fight to hold on to the race lead.<\/p>\n
UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider Del Toro now leads Visma-Lease a Bike’s Yates by 26 seconds, with Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost just five second further back.<\/p>\n
Canada’s Derek Gee also made up time on Del Toro is now fourth overall, a minute down on Carapaz.<\/p>\n
Spain’s Juan Ayuso, Del Toro’s team-mate and another of the pre-race favourites, cracked and lost considerable time to fall out of the top 10, having started the day in third.<\/p>\n
Yates’ twin brother Adam has moved up to 10th overall, with fellow Britons Max Poole (13th), Tom Pidcock (16th) and James Knox (19th) all inside the top 20.<\/p>\n
Wednesday’s stage 17 is another day in the mountains from San Michele all’Adige to Bormio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n