Fast finishers De Lie and Groves abandon the Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia sprint field shrunk on Tuesday as two high-profile fast-finishers dropped out of the race. Two-time Giro stage winner Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Giro debutant Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) both abandoned on stage 4 from Catanzaro to Cosenza. Groves was among those crashing heavily in the finale of stage 1, while De Lie has been suffering for several days after contracting gastroenteritis last week.