Spanish time trial champion Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) crashed out of the Ruta del Sol in Friday`s third stage, but the 28-year-old appears to have avoided serious injury. Izagirre started the stage 3 time trial in Lucena, Spain, sitting fourth overall but took a hard fall that forced him to abandon the race. The crash left Izagirre in serious pain, but the team announced on Twitter a few hours later that he had not broken any bones in the incident. #63RdS After the crash in the ITT #Izaguirre underwent X-Rays and luckily no fractures, just abrasions. Come on Jon! pic.twitter.com/i0ZP0HqMpKADVERTISEMENT - Team Bahrain Merida (@Bahrain_Merida) February 17, 2017 Bahrain-Merida also posted a video of Izagirre in the team hotel. `Bad luck today,` Izagirre says in the video. `I crashed in the downhill and we`ll see in the next race.` Although Izagirre`s rough day leaves Bahrain-Merida down a man heading into Saturday`s fourth stage, the team does still have a pair of riders in the top 10 in Ondrej Cink and Javier Moreno, sitting ninth and 10th overall after stage 3. Movistar`s Alejandro Valverde currently leads the race, with a one-second advantage over Trek-Segafredo`s Alberto Contador. - Cyclingnews.com (@Cyclingnewsfeed) February 17, 2017
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