Izagirre st𓃲arted 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.
Bahrain-Merida also posted a video of🐭 Izagirre in the team hotel.
"Bad luck today," Iz🌼agirre says in the video. "I crashed in the downhill and we'll see in the next race."
It remains to be se🍸en whethe🐷r Izagirre will be ready for Paris-Nice, the next event on his planned 2017 race calendar. He finished fifth overall there in 2016.
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