Wout van Aert gives up after horror crash

Belgian cycling star Wout van Aert suffered a serious crash on the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain and had to abandon the Vuelta early.

The 29-year-old slipped during a rapid descent on the Nasser road and injured his right knee. The three-time stage winner of this year's Vuelta tried to resume the race with a spare bike, but had to dismount again shortly afterwards and get into the team car with his bleeding knee.

At the end of March, van Aert had already crashed at high speed during the semi-classic Across Flanders in Belgium, breaking his collarbone, sternum and several ribs. The Visma rider was forced to miss the classics Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix as well as the Giro.