Domenico Pozzovivo’s hopes of a high overall finish at the Vuelta a España were dealt a blow when he crashed just outside the final three kilometres of stage 4 in Tarragona. Although the Italian managed to remount and complete the stage, he lost 3:25 and drops to 33rd overall, 4:08 behind leader Chris Froome (Team Sky).
Pozzovivo picked up an injury to his left hand in the fall, but was unable to undergo an x-ray on Tuesday evening. The Italian told La Gazzetta dello Sport that he will start Wednesday’s stage from Benicassim to Alcossebre.
“I’m quite bashed, my left hand is a worry,” Pozzovivo said. “I don’t know what one of the Manzana team was doing, but he moved left all of a sudden and he brought me down at 60kph. There was no reason for the manoeuvre.”
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Pozzovivo’s crash came on the same day that his long-touted transfer to Bahrain-Merida was finally confirmed. The 34-year-old will join the team in 2018 as part of its campaign to reinforce the supporting cast around Vincenzo Nibali in the Grand Tours.
“AG2R gave me the chance to ride in the WorldTour, I can only thank them. I also learned how to be a leader in a big team,” Pozzovivo told La Gazzetta of his five years at AG2R La Mondiale. “UAE Emirates was the first team to look for me but one day while I was training with Nibali [in Lugano] we started chatting. It was a spontaneous thing. I’ll have my own space, but I’ll also give a hand to Vincenzo in the races that suit him. And to think we used to be rivals when we were young…”
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