Roglic cousin, three times winner of Back to Spainconfirmed on Wednesday that in his recent fall at the Tour de France he suffered a fracture of the third lumbar vertebra, an injury from which he is recovering at a center for Red Bull athletes in Austria.
“Further studies after the fall in the ‘tdf’ (Tour de France) showed an undisplaced fracture of the lwk3 (third lumbar vertebra)… So, last week I was recovering at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center , where I “They took care of us as best as possible…” the cyclist said on his Instagram page.
“I’m slowly getting back on the bike, I’ll take my time to recover and we’ll see where it takes us…” added the 34-year-old Slovenian on Instagram, where he has 738,000 followers.
“In these moments I realize, once again, that I have the best fans in the world. Thank you!!! Hvala!!! Thanks also to everyone involved in @redbullborahansgrohe,” concluded Roglic, Red Bull team leader.
The cyclist, winner of the 2023 Giro d’Italia, suffered a severe fall on July 11, twelve kilometers from the finish line, causing various injuries.
The runner-up of the 2020 Tour managed to enter the finish line that day with a visible injury to his shoulder, his jersey torn and his skin bleeding, his face wrinkled and without any statement, but he announced after a day he was leaving. from the French tour.
Source: La Verdad
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