Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel, making his comeback nine months after a serious crash, fell again in Wednesday's 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia. The Deceuninck-Quick-Step rider went over the security barrier in a mass fall on the descent down the San Valentino Pass involving six other riders including Italian Giulio Ciccone. After several minutes the 21-year-old managed to get back in his bike and head towards the finish line 28km away at Sega di Ala. Evenepoel fractured his pelvis after hitting a bridge wall and plunging into a ravine during the Tour of Lombardy in Italy last August. That horror crash ended a run of success in all four stage races he had taken part in last season, including the Tour of Poland. jm-ea/bsp