“I'm happy to be back,” was how Jay Byrne (UAE Team Emirates) expressed his feelings straight and simple as he returned to Grand Tour racing at the Vuelta a España four months after his horrific crash in Iturria Basque. But the scale of what he has been through to get to this point is no less remarkable.

Vine was one of the main victims of the Ituriá Basque stage 4 mass crash, which also left Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Ries-a-Bike) and others seriously injured. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Ries-a-Bike) was also seriously injured. In Vingegaard's case, he suffered multiple vertebral fractures, including a cervical fracture and two thoracic fractures.

[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] He won the individual time trial and showed rapid improvement as he earned his ticket to the Vuelta a España.

Bein, a double stage winner of the 2022 Vuelta, said he is still feeling the effects of his crash in Iturria. But at the same time, he said, “I can handle it. There will be more targets to look forward to after the Vuelta, as the ITT and mixed relay at the World Championships will also feature Australian riders. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]