Tanel Kangert started Stage 15 at the 2017 Giro d'Italia on Sunday sitting seventh in the general classification, 4:55 behind race leader Tom Dumoulin. During the final 10km of the stage, the peloton was forced to work around a lot of road furniture on the run into Bergamo. The group was navigating through a corner at high speeds when it split around a metal pole that was sitting in the middle of the road. With no time to react, Kangert collided with the pole and was thrown head first off of his bike. It was immediately clear that he was seriously injured. The Astana rider remained sitting on the road, clearly in shock, holding his arm.

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In the official statement released later in the day by Astana, the team stated that Kangert suffered a "fracture at the homerus bone of the left arm and a dislocation with fracture at the right shoulder. Kangert will be operated tomorrow at 11 am. The prognosis is of 6/7 months for the recovery. For Tanel Kangert the racing season 2017 is finished."

2017 Giro d'Italia Stage 15 Offical Results

Place	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors	4:16:51
2	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
3	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
4	Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
5	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
6	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
7	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
8	Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
9	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
10	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
11	Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
12	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
13	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ	0:00:14
14	Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky
15	Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
16	Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	0:00:25
17	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
18	Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
19	Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
20	Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
21	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
22	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
23	Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin
24	Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
25	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:40
26	Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
27	Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
28	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
29	Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
30	Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
31	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac	0:00:54
32	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:01:01
33	José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin	0:01:07
34	Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
35	Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	0:01:10
36	Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
37	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:25
38	Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky	0:01:30
39	Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
40	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	0:01:44
41	Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo	0:01:54
42	Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
43	Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb	0:02:17
44	Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:34
45	Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
46	Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:03:41
47	Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina
48	Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data	0:04:19
49	Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac	0:04:23
50	Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
51	Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team
52	François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53	Ruben Plaza (Spa) Orica-Scott	0:04:30
54	Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
55	Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac
56	Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-Scott	0:04:44
57	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	0:06:04
58	Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates	0:08:54
59	Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
60	Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
61	Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team
62	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF
63	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
64	Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:10:05
65	Julen Amezqueta (Spa) Wilier Triestina	0:11:53
66	Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
67	Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
68	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
69	Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF
70	Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:13:04
71	Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb
72	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ
73	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida
74	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
75	Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
76	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
77	Sean De Bie (Bel) Lotto Soudal
78	Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
79	Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
80	José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe
81	Pieter Serry (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
82	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
83	Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
84	Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
85	Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
86	Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
87	Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
88	Alexander Foliforov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
89	Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
90	Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
91	Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
92	Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin
93	Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
94	Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina	0:13:44
95	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
96	Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
97	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
98	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky	0:14:50
99	Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida	0:16:49
100	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
101	Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
102	Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
103	Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
104	Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
105	Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
106	Daniel Martinez (Col) Wilier Triestina
107	Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
108	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
109	Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
110	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
111	Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
112	Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina	0:19:05
113	Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina
114	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
115	Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
116	Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team
117	Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ
118	Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
119	Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
120	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
121	Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
122	Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ
123	Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data
124	Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
125	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
126	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data
127	Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
128	Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky
129	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
130	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
131	Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
132	Manuel Senni (Ita) BMC Racing Team
133	Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
134	Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
135	Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF
136	Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb
137	Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
138	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
139	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
140	William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
141	Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
142	Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
143	Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
144	Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
145	Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
146	Felix Großschartner (Aut) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
147	Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
148	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
149	Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
150	Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe
151	Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
152	Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
153	Marcin Bialoblocki (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
154	Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
155	Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
156	Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
157	Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
158	Hugh Carthy (GBr) Cannondale-Drapac
159	Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
160	Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF
161	Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott
162	Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
163	Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
164	Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
165	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
166	Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina
167	Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
168	Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina
169	Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:19:42
170	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:19:46
171	Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:19:53
172	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:20:21
173	Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
174	Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-Scott	0:22:02
175	Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac
176	Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Orica-Scott
177	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott
178	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-Scott
DNF	Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
DNF	Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom - Rusvelo
DNF	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott
DNF	Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF	Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team