Pidcock withdraws from Volta a Catalunya with injuries sustained in stage 5 crash

Tom Pidcock did not start stage 6 of the Volta a Catalunya on Saturday morning after coming down in a nasty high-speed crash while descending the previous day that resulted in a loss of almost half an hour, dropping from second to 74th overall. "We did everything to try to make it to the start but it’s not possible," Pidcock said in his team Pinarello-Q36.5's announcement. "I fought to finish the stage yesterday to make sure I had the option to continue. Now the focus is on recovery, and I’ll be back." Pidcock suffered visible damage to his knee which was very swollen on Saturday morning, with stiffness in his upper body and pain to his wrist. "“Due to his crash, he suffered injuries, most likely bone and ligament damage, in particular to his right knee and also right wrist," team doctor Lorenz Emmert said in the same statement. "Further clinical evaluation and imaging will follow in the next days, additionally to the already initiated healing process."