{"id":243046,"date":"2026-05-12T16:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/freak-illness-catches-up-with-arnaud-de-lie-and-forces-him-out-of-giro-ditalia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:37:15","slug":"freak-illness-catches-up-with-arnaud-de-lie-and-forces-him-out-of-giro-ditalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/freak-illness-catches-up-with-arnaud-de-lie-and-forces-him-out-of-giro-ditalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Freak illness catches up with Arnaud De Lie and forces him out of Giro d’Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arnaud De Lie had been suffering since the Giro d’Italia<\/a> began and it became too much to bear on Tuesday as the Belgian’s race came to a premature end on the back half of stage 4.<\/p>\n

The Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9 rider fell ill ahead of the Giro with a stomach bug that was blamed on cow manure<\/a> on the roads of a race in Belgium the previous week, which he won<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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