'A bus in front of him braked' – UAE explains Narváez's Giro DNF
Jhonatan Narváez had been one of the stars of the Giro d'Italia until his participation ended abruptly early on stage 19, following a curious crash the previous afternoon, shortly after his maglia ciclamino challenge had been shut down by stage winner Paul Magnier.
"Thursday, after the Pieve di Soligo stage, Jhonatan [Narváez] was a bit distracted and was checking his computer while returning to the buses," UAE DS Manuele Mori told BiciSport. "A bus in front of him braked, he didn't notice, and the impact occurred. At first, it didn't seem like anything serious, actually, just a few spasms in his neck and back, the kind that comes with a blow."
It was enough to make the Dolomites particularly difficult, and Narváez climbed off early on stage 19.
"He suffered from the start," Mori went on. "I think partly due to the heat and the effort, and he started bleeding from his nose. He felt dizzy, probably a little scared, too, so we decided to stop him, along with the race doctors."
