[UPDATED] Zingle's bike goes missing while medics re-set his dislocated shoulder after Vuelta crash
[Update, Monday morning: Visma-Lease a Bike revealed post-stage 2 that the bike had been picked up by the broom wagon and was returned to the team at the finish.]
As if crashing and dislocating his shoulder wasn't bad enough, Visma-Lease a Bike's Axel Zingle explained that his bike had gone walkabout in the aftermath of the crash that interrupted stage 2 of the Vuelta a España about 25 km from the line.
"I entrusted my bike to a guy who didn't speak much English while I got into the ambulance to put my shoulder back in place," Zingle told French media metres after crossing the finish line. "When I got out, the bike was gone. I then had to wait five or ten minutes to get a new bike from the following car."
Zingle was the last of 183 riders to finish, 24 minutes five seconds after teammate and stage-winner Jonas Vingegaard who also took the race leader's red jersey despite being caught up in the same crash. The Frenchman is optimistic he'll be at the start of stage 3 pending medical checks.
