Little by little, good news is starting to come from cyclists affected by the great fall that occurred during the fourth stage of Itzulia, where some of the main runners of the international peloton were affected. First the Social team reported that the Belgian Remco Evenepoel He had undergone surgery for a fractured clavicle, then Slovenian Primoz Roglic He published a nude photo on his social networks where he saw his body full of bandages and dressings and at the same time Australian Jay Vine -with a vertebral fracture and two more in the thoracic area- did not need to undergo surgery, although he had to spend six weeks in a neck brace.
And this Tuesday Visma-Lease of the Bike team reported on the state of health of the Dane Jonas Vingegaard, one of the most disturbing images he left from the fall as he was motionless on the ground for several minutes as a result of the blow sustained. He double champion of the Tour de France He suffered a broken collarbone, several broken ribs and a pneumothorax.
At this point, Visma reported that “Jonas had successful surgery on his collarbone. He will now spend the next few weeks recovering, it is not clear how long his recovery will be. He is doing well and is expressing his gratitude to everyone for the words of encouragement. these past few days.” An operation to be added to that promoted by Ace newspaper of pulmonary contusion.
Now it remains to be seen how the Danish cyclist will develop and if he will make it and in what conditions to the start of the Tour de France in the city of Florence, Italy) on June 29. What is certain is that he will not be in the first phase of concentration at altitude that the team will conduct Sierra Nevada (Granada) on May 6. “Jonas is getting better every day, but he is still in the hospital,” reports the Visma-Rent a Bike.
It remains to be known now how they are Steff Crass -who had a pneumothorax in the right lung, several rib fractures and two dorsal vertebral fractures- and Mikel Landa that he fell on the fifth stage, a fall in which he broke his collarbone, but in which he also damaged his ribs.
Source: La Verdad
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