Parrulo said:What happened to Talansky?
The crashes have taken their toll on him. I think he was attempting to chase back on earlier (I was preoccupied with reading the other parts of the forum so wasn't focused 100% on the race), he stopped for a while and it looked like he was about to abandon. Doctors told him he was injured but nothing that could prevent him from continuing. He made the decision to continue on.
At this point he's already pretty far back so it was just about making it to the finish within the time cut. So he rode the rest of the stage solo and managed to make it.