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Vuelta a España: giant hail forces stage three abandonment in Pyrenees

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Vuelta a España: giant hail forces stage three abandonment in Pyrenees

Huge hailstones prompt organisers to act 15km from end Riders seen heading into hotel on route to take cover A torrential hailstorm in ⁠the French Pyrenees forced the ⁠abandonment of ⁠the ​third stage of the Vuelta a ⁠España on Monday.

With 15km (9.32 miles) remaining ⁠of the 174km ​ride from ‌Gruissan to ‌Font-Romeu, the skies darkened ‌as the peloton scaled the Col de Mont-Louis and huge hailstones began pelting the ‌riders.

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