I don't think he can regret anything about that Giro though (apart from his interviews).
He rode to his limit. Hindley and TGH were simply better.
Maybe given the circumstances, he couldn't have done any better, but I still think a Kelderman in his best shape, could have sealed the deal. Or if he rode for a team that allowed ketones? I don't know.
One could argue that part of being good/better is not to crash that much. Surely some crashes are just bad luck or someone else's fault but when you're crashing that much there has to be something yours's to it (positioning, handling, even fear or insecurity). Or maybe he doesn't crash much more than others statistically but has just bad luck with injuries/consequences.
Did he have issues like this in his junior/espoir years? I can't remember anything that would indicate his run of accidents/injuries due to lack of bikehandling skills. I've been wondering if it could be related to lack of concentration?
But i also do think he simply gets injured easily. Obviously Evenepoel's last crash -falling off a bridge- resulted in a possibly career/life ending injury, but in his first year, he crashed about a dozen times, every time without injury. Once they pulled him out of the UAE tour to be safe, but he had no physical issues. Had this happened to Kelderman, you'd think he would have been in the hospital for 6 months accumulated. Isn't he nimble enough? Does he have the wrong or slow reflexes when falling?
At this point i just don't belief in "bad luck" anymore.
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