The fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country He took a very hard fall on one of the descents of the fourth stage that several runners were ahead of him. It happened about thirty kilometers from the end and they were very involved. Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel. Quinten Hermans, winner of Wednesday’s episode, is another one of those involved. The stage has been neutralized.
About twelve cyclists were affected. Together with the four of them, Natnael Tefsfatsion, Sean Quinn, Markel Beloki and Jay Vine They are different from the cyclists involved in the coup. The UAE team confirmed that Vine, who suffered a severe blow, was conscious and communicating with his team, even as an ambulance took him to the hospital.
Everyone was obviously hurt. It was a very fast descent where two falls happened at the same time. In front, Evenepoel made a mistake entering a curve and went straight onto the road. However, in that very place there was a ditch that caused the Belgian to fall heavily after also dodging a tree.
in the back, two other cyclists fell straight to the ground. Another one who wanted to avoid Evenepoel went straight to the grass area. however, When he had to jump into the canal, he also fellwhich caused the men marching behind to run into him and many falls occurred.
Evenepoel quickly placed his hand on her collarbone, although he now stands on his own two feet. The Belgian did not continue in the race and was taken to the hospital to undergo a medical examination.
He stood up himself Roglic, although he went straight to the team car to give up the test. The Slovenian, however, wanted to give a thumbs up gesture after getting into the team car to show that he suffered no serious consequences after the fall.
Vingegaard seemed to be the most affected by the fall. It hit a pole by the side of the road and must be attended to immediately by the members of his team. After a long period of immobility in the ditch where the fall occurred, leaning on his side, the two-time Tour champion transferred by ambulance and with that immobilization in a medical center. His team announced that he is conscious and that he will undergo a complete evaluation.
Itzulia decided to neutralize the stage a few seconds after the fall due to the need for medical services to attend to the cyclists, since all available ambulances had to remain at that point in the race. Additional ambulances had to arrive to treat all the injured.
When the wounded arrive and are transferred, The rest of the peloton continued the march to the end of the stage behind the organization car, with the fugitives ahead. The last climb of the day in Untzilla was canceled and it was announced that the fight for the stage only would be held between the six escapees, with no effect on the times in the general classification: Ruben Thompson, Louis Meintjes, Mathieu Burgaudeau, Mikel Retegi, Joseba López and Karel Vacek. At first, the six stopped, though they resumed walking after a few minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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