The Orica-GreenEdge team currently supporting the Giro d'Italia's second place man in the overall standings, Esteban Chaves, lost one of their ranks after stage 16. Luka Mezgec went home after scans revealed a broken scaphoid, the result of a crash on stage 11.
Sport director Matt White explained how the fracture avoided detection for almost a week.
"We had some initial scans which showed nothing, but with scaphoids it can take a couple of days to develop," said White. "We got him re-checked today because he has been riding with a lot of pain for the last five days and it's been confirmed that he has fractured his right scaphoid."
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"The best thing for the team and the best thing for Luka is that he go home and gets operated on quickly and then comes back as soon as possible, there's no need to take any risks here at the Giro d'Italia.
"You've got to admire Luka's spirit and work ethic," White said. "Myself and everyone at ORICA-GreenEDGE wish him a speedy recovery and a swift return to the team."
Sam Bewley was suffering from pain in his hip and underwent x-rays after narrowly avoiding being eliminated by the time cut today. He finished the stage with Carlos Betancur (Movistar) at 18:19, making the cut by 92 seconds.
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