Giro d'Italia Stage 11 LIVE updates - Mark Cavendish targets sprint victory after Biniam Girmay abandons race

WELCOME Ad/> It's an earlier start! Tune in from 11:00-17:00 BST to watch Stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia. Watch the action on Eurosport 1, with uninterrupted coverage on discovery+ Giro d'ItaliaGirmay abandons Giro with eye injury after Prosecco incident2 HOURS AGO RECAP FROM STAGE 10 Biniam Girmay has confirmed he has abandoned the Giro d’Italia after popping a Prosecco cork into his eye in the wake of his historic triumph on Stage 10. The Eritrean (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) was seen wincing on the podium before he was treated in an ambulance and taken to hospital in Jesi.

He was discharged with a bandaged left eye on Tuesday evening. Intermarche said they would make a decision on Wednesday morning as to whether he started Stage 11 — a pan-flat run from Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia — the team's doctor, Piet Daneels, told Eurosport's Andrea Berton. And in a message on social media on Wednesday morning, Girmay confirmed he would not be starting.

/> «Today I didn't start the race because still with my eye I need some rest to give more power to the eye,» he said. Intermarche doctor Daneels added: «Following an incident on the podium, medical examinations revealed a haemorrhage in the anterior chamber of the left eye of Biniam Girmay. His injury is evolving in the right direction and will be followed up by a medical team in the next days.