breaking news from the world of cycling lavta a espa just saw a shocking twist stage 16 of LTA a espa witnessed a heart stopping moment wot vanart pre-stage favorite and current leader in points and Mountain classifications crashes out with just 48 km to go despite getting back on his bike van ER soon pulled up again clutching his knee medical attention was Swift but the Belgian Star had to abandon the race this dramatic exit leaves the race for the green jersey wide open meanwhile in the midst of this chaos Mark solar of UAE team Emirates seized the opportunity and won the stage finishing 18 seconds ahead of Italian filipo Zana solar's Triumph marks his first stage win of this year's welta stay tuned cycling fans with van aart out the battle for the mountain classification just got a whole lot more exciting