Bahrain-Victorius announced its replacement by Briton Finlay Pickering. Caruso, who ended fifth place on the last lap to Italy, was one of the team’s main bets for this edition of Vuelta.
The Italian cyclist Damiano Caruso will fail to return to Spain, after falling a fall and fracture his right hand, Bahrain-Victorius announced on Friday on the eve of the 80th edition starter.
“Unfortunately, Damiano Caruso will not be in the start of the first stage of Vuelta in Turin tomorrow [sábado]. The 37 -year -old Italian cyclist suffered a fracture of his right hand after accidentally slipped on the floor yesterday [quinta-feira] At night, “reads a team publication on social networks.
Damiano Caruso, fifth in the last lap to Italy, was one of Bahrain-Victorius’ top names for this year’s Vuelta, alongside compatriot Antonio Tiberi, now replaced by Briton Finlay Pickering.
This should be the 22nd big return to Caruso, whose best result is second in the 2021 turn, a race that always completed at the top 5 in the last three presences (fourth in 2023 and fifth this year).
The Italian would participate for the seventh time in Vuelta, with the ninth of 2014 to be his best installment, having a 10th place in the return to France of 2019.
