FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Cycling Road - Final - Men's Individual Time Trial - Pontal - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Geraint Thomas (GBR) of United Kingdom competes. REUTERS/Paul Hanna Picture Supplied by Action Images
(Reuters) - Team Sky's Giro d'Italia curse continued when Geraint Thomas was forced to withdraw on Friday having failed to recover from injuries sustained in a crash during Sunday's ninth stage.
The Briton, who still managed to finish second in Tuesday's time trial, was one of several riders, including his Sky co-leader Mikel Landa, who was brought down when a police motorbike parked by the side of the road forced the peloton to swerve.
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