BREAKING: Massive crash halts stage 3 of Tour of the Alps just after start, some key riders abandon

Stage three of the Tour of the Alps was briefly suspended on Wednesday morning after a mass crash in the opening phase of racing. Around 30 riders went down just 10 kilometres into the stage, requiring all available race ambulances to attend to those affected. The stage restarted after approximately 15 minutes.

Lorenzo Finn — who had impressed on stage two by climbing with the best riders in the race for Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe — was the first significant name to be confirmed as a retirement. The young Italian had to be taken away by ambulance.

Shortly afterwards, the race radio also confirmed the abandonment of Damien Howson (Pinarello-Q36.5), Lorenzo Nespoli (MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort), Victor Langellotti (INEOS Grenadiers), Felix Engelhardt (Jayco AlUla) and Daniel Federspiel (Austria).

IDL Pro Cycling will bring you more information about the condition of the affected riders when we have it.