Adam Yates has pulled out of the Giro d'Italia and won't start stage 3 after crashing heavily in the mass incident on stage 2 and losing more than 13 minutes at the finish in Veliko Tarnovo.

Yates was one of five UAE Team Emirates-XRG riders to come down on the wet descent with 23km to go, and is the third to abandon from the team after Jay Vine and Marc Soler were taken to the hospital and were unable to finish the stage.

“Adam Yates suffered a heavy abrasions and a laceration to his left ear. He was initially assessed on-site for concussion and cleared to continue, but subsequently, he has shown delayed concussive symptoms.…