Marco Haller's leg after a crash in E3 Harelbeke.
Marco Haller was left with carbon-fibre fragments in a wound in his left leg after a crash during E3 Harelbeke on Friday saw a large number of riders tangled up.
The Katusha-Alpecin rider was forced to abandon the race after the incident. Several riders' bikes were snapped in half as a result of the crash, and evidently a snapped tube or component made contact with Haller's leg.
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