The Quick-Step Floors team was hoping Fernando Gaviria could win for a second consecutive year on stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico in Montalto di Castro but the Colombian sprinter, Tom Boonen and the team's overall hope Bob Jungels were all caught up in a late crash with a kilometre to go. The team could only roll to the finish several minutes after Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) had got the better of Elia Viviani (Team Sky).
The crash occurred just inside the final kilometre. On a straight section of road, Jasper Stuyven bumped with Eduard Grosu of Nippo-Fantini Vini. Grosu went down hard, suffering some nasty road rash, with his bike somersaulting in the air in front of Gaviria, Boonen and the rest of the peloton. They tried to brake but apparently hit the fallen bike and Grosu, causing them to crash.
Fortunately neither were seriously hurt but they were angry. Teammate Matteo Trentin saw the crash and went to have a word with Andrea Palini of Androni Giocattoli after the sprint, but it is unclear if he had caused the crash.
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Gaviria reached the finish with the back of his skinsuit shredded. He quickly took a drink and got directions to the team's nearby hotel from a soigneur and then rode off, preferring to shrug off the consequences of the crash and the missed chance of victory.
Boonen arrived a little later and stopped to talk to the Belgian media, who were anxious to learn of any injuries - he already crashed hard at the Tour of Oman and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Boonen had a nasty looking gash on his right knee but played down his problems.
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