A bee sting has pressured a bike owner to desert the Giro d’Italia after they revealed their ugly damage.
Juan Ayuso suffered an allergic response after a bee flew into his helmet and stung his eye.
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Forward of stage 18 on Thursday, the Spaniard revealed the outcomes of the sting.
Talking to TNT Sports activities, he defined: “It has been a few exhausting days. Yesterday, a bee went inside my helmet and I can not see out my proper eye.”
Ayuso then took his sun shades off to disclose his swollen cheek and proper eye, along with his eye nearly utterly closed.
The 21-year-old continued: “I do know it is going to go viral, however it’s what it’s.
“The group physician stated it is best for me to not begin, however I actually wish to attempt to give my finest to be right here for the group.
“Yesterday, I used to be not helpful in any respect as a result of I used to be actually feeling unhealthy, however I hope I can recuperate for the subsequent days.
“I will attempt to get previous at the moment, I am probably not satisfied I can, however I simply wish to do the primary kilometres and see if it is secure for me to be within the bunch.”
Ayuso tried to finish the stage after the interview, with the riders heading between Morbegno and Cesano Maderno.
Nonetheless, he was solely in a position to final an hour earlier than abandoning the race with 110km remaining.
It caps an up-and-down Giro for the UAE Emirates-XRG rider, who had claimed victory in stage seven again on Could 16.
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He had struggled with a knee damage throughout stage 16 on Tuesday, which adopted the third and ultimate relaxation day.
Ayuso had been competing in his first Giro after additionally withdrawing from final 12 months’s Tour de France.
It adopted third and fourth place finishes within the Vuelta a Espana in 2022 and 2023.
In the meantime, his team-mate Isaac del Toro is closing in on turning into the primary Mexican winner of the Giro.
Del Toro topped the final classification going into stage 18, holding the pink jersey with simply 4 phases remaining.
Forward of Thursday’s stage, he held a 41-second lead over nearest challenger Richard Carapaz.
British bike owner Simon Yates was an additional 10 seconds again in third following stage 17, which was gained by Del Toro.
The Giro will conclude on Sunday with stage 21 between Vatican Gardens and Rome.