Already injured: the Dutch cyclist Dylan van Baarlewinner of Paris-Roubaix in 2022, He broke his collarbone on the first day of the World Tour race (1st division), on Tuesday at the Tour Down Under (Australia), announced his Visma team.
“The tests have revealed that He broke his collarbone and will not be able to start tomorrow (Wednesday). It is a setback for Dylan, but we know that he is a warrior and that he will come back stronger,” his team declared after falling in the last kilometer of the first stage in Gumeracha.
For Van Baarle, 32, this is unfortunately becoming a habit, as This is the third fracture he has suffered in just eight months.
Last year, he broke his collarbone in June at the Critérium du Dauphinéwhich caused him to withdraw from the Tour de France. Almost never recovered, He crashed again in the second stage of the Vuelta a España in mid-Augustto make up for a hip fracture.
Overall, the 2024 season was marked by many crashes in the peloton, leading to a long debate about how to improve rider safety. Some advocate braking bicycles by limiting gear ratios, for example, while others advocate airbags to better protect cyclists.
In 2023, The UCI has launched a structure (“SafeR”) to think about the subject and, after a trial period, In 2025, it will implement a yellow card system to punish dangerous behaviorto be followed by a system of suspensions.
Source: La Verdad
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