Remco Evenepoel has crashed and fallen around 30 feet off a bridge during the Il Lombardia race.

The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider was part of a leading group who were descending off the Colma di Sormano - the highest climb on the race.

The 23-year-old was lying around fourth in the group when he struck the wall of a bridge before somersaulting on to his back and over the edge.

Evenepoel is being attended to by paramedics at the scene.

The Belgian rider is one of the most promising prospects in road cycling, winning the Tour of Poland and the Volta a Burgos already this year.

The Tour of Poland is also the race where Evenepoel's team-mate Fabio Jakobsen last week suffered a huge crash in a bunch sprint on the first stage.

Jakobsen was hospitalised and put into an induced coma as well as having plastic surgery to his face.

The crash was caused when Jumbo-Visma's Dylan Groenewegen leaned toward Jakobsen, causing him to be pitched into barriers which broke and saw the sprinter strike a post and a spectator, who also needed hospital treatment.

It prompted an angry reaction, leading Jakobsen's team boss to call for Groenewegen to be jailed.

Jakobsen has since been transferred to hospital in his native Netherlands to continue his recovery.

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