Milram's Russ faces unlucky break

At the beginning of the season, Milram's Matthias Russ said that the Giro d'Italia was his favourite race. He may just change his mind after his experiences in the last two years after the 25-year-old had to leave this year's race in only the second stage, due to injuries.

On the second lap of a closing circuit course in Trieste, Russ hit a manhole cover wrong and went down. An ambulance took him to a local hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with a broken collarbone.