Gijs Leemreize suffers horror finger injury in crash at Vuelta a Burgos

The Dutchman, 20, was caught up in a big collision with around 50 kilometres remaining on the opening stage.

The fall reportedly caused him to sever a finger on his right hand, while Sebastian Henao (Team Ineos) also dropped out due to the crash.

Jumbo-Visma tweeted to say that the rider was in hospital being treated by a plastic surgeon. His condition was described as "fine".

It was Leemreize’s first race as a professional after being promoted from the Jumbo-Visma development team last week.

The stage was won by Felix Grossschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) as the fancied Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) and Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-Quickstep) finished in the top 10.