Geraint Thomas 'angry' after motorbike crash ends Giro d'Italia hopes

Welshman Geraint Thomas saw his hopes of Giro d'Italia victory disappear after a police motorbike caused him to crash on Sunday's ninth stage, which was won by Nairo Quintana.

Thomas and Spanish team-mate Mikel Landa, who were Team Sky's joint leaders for the Giro, suffered major time losses after the crash inside the final 15 kilometres of the 149km stage from Montenero di Bisaccia to Blockhaus.

A police motorbike had pulled to the left side of the road on the approach to the concluding 13.6km ascent of Blockhaus.

The peloton was travelling quickly and spread across the full width of the asphalt and there was nowhere for Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) to go.

He hit the stationary bike and tumbled, wiping out many of the adjacent Team Sky squad, including Thomas and Landa.

Thomas, began the day in second but finished over five minutes behind new race leader Quintana.