the slovenian Tadej Pogacarvictim of a fall on Sunday during the classic Liège-Bastogne-Liège, estimated this Monday that he had a “luck” only broke his wrist after the “crazy accident” that forced him to leave.
“Well, I’m lucky that I only broke my wrist, considering the crazy accident I suffered.“, explained the double winner of the Tour de France (2020, 2021) in a short text accompanying the publication on his Instagram account. A pair of photos show him smiling with his left arm completely in a cast .
The cyclist, who broke the left scaphoid and the lunate in his left hand, underwent surgery this Sunday in Belgium. “I hope to see you all soon”he added, without elaborating on the length of his recovery.
He was also worried about Dane’s health mikkel honorthat on Sunday he fell with him very fast after 85 km of the race and that “he fell harder than me”.
The abandonment of the 24-year-old Slovenian rider, who was aiming for a hat-trick of Ardennes classics after winning the Amstel Gold Race and Walloon Arrow, removed from the race the expected battle with the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who prevailed. on Sunday in Liège for the second consecutive year. “Bravo to Remco for the win. Our fight will wait for the next one”, concluded Tadej Pogacar.
This injury comes just two months after the start of the Tour de France which Pogacar, who has been brilliant since the start of the season, hopes to recover after finishing second behind Danish Jonas Vingegaard in 2022.
Source: La Verdad
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