{"id":129986,"date":"2026-09-12T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/12\/riccitello-dunbar-and-hamilton-crash-out-of-vuelta-a-espana\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T21:50:09","slug":"riccitello-dunbar-and-hamilton-crash-out-of-vuelta-a-espana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/12\/riccitello-dunbar-and-hamilton-crash-out-of-vuelta-a-espana\/","title":{"rendered":"Riccitello, Dunbar and Hamilton Crash Out of Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>Eddie Dunbar facing collarbone surgery one day after winning big mountain stage, Riccitello avoids fractures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t py-base-tight\">\n<div class=\"flex h-4 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sm:inline\">Listen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\">Matthew Riccitello crashed out of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a one day before the finish (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)<!-- --> (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Published September 12, 2026 03:50PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>American climber <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/matthew-riccitello\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew Riccitello<\/a>, stage 19 winner <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/eddie-dunbar\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Eddie Dunbar<\/a> and the Australian <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/chris-hamilton\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Hamilton<\/a> all had big setbacks on the final GC day of the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"article-content-link text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/vuelta-a-espana\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a>, with each crashing out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Riccitello (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) both came down on the same corner with about 148km to go, prior to the day\u2019s first classified climb.<\/p>\n<p>Riccitello got back on his bike but withdrew soon afterwards. Hamilton also pulled out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatthew Riccitello was forced to abandon early in the stage following a crash,\u201d his Decathlon CMA CGM later said. \u201cHe suffers from cuts and road rash. The entire team wishes him a speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s team confirmed his abandon but hasn\u2019t released an update since on his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Dunbar (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling) was part of the big chase group behind the day\u2019s break and was later part of the GC group, riding well with the big names in the race.<\/p>\n<p>He fell at some point after that, but the circumstances of when and where is not clear.<\/p>\n<p>His team confirmed to <i>Velo<\/i> that his left collarbone is fractured as a result of the fall, and will require surgery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1006120\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img alt=\"Eddie Dunbar won stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a on Friday (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1006120\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-22947192631.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-22947192631.jpg?width=3840&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Eddie Dunbar won stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a on Friday (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The withdrawals and injuries are unfortunate endings to otherwise strong Vueltas by the three riders.<\/p>\n<p>Riccitello has ridden strongly in support of team leader Felix Gall but, despite that, he was still up in 14th overall starting stage 20.<\/p>\n<p>Dunbar got into several breakaways as he built form following injuries earlier in the year. He then performed with flair on stage 19, sparking off the day\u2019s big breakaway and overhauling Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) about 300 metres before the line.<\/p>\n<p>It marked his first win since taking two stage victories in the 2024 race, and showed he was back to top shape after being three months off the bike with a fractured ankle.<\/p>\n<p>Being injured again after such a high point is a big blow.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton was a strong eighth behind Dunbar on Friday\u2019s stage, also showing his best form of the race. He too will rue his misfortune just when things appeared to be going well.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><span hidden=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/vuelta-a-espana\/riccitello-dunbar-and-hamilton-crash-out-vuelta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Dunbar facing collarbone surgery one day after winning big mountain stage, Riccitello avoids fractures Listen to this articleListen Matthew Riccitello crashed out of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a one day before the finish (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images) (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein) Published September 12, 2026 03:50PM American climber Matthew Riccitello, stage 19 winner Eddie Dunbar and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}