About 40 kilometers from the end on stage 2 of Tirreno-Adriatico, David Gaudu crashed within the feed zone and was compelled to desert the race on Tuesday. The extent of the accidents on account of the impression have been unclear on the time.
Thursday, the Groupama-FDJ staff introduced on social media that “David Gaudu underwent surgical procedure for a fracture on the base of the primary metacarpal.”
The staff additionally said that they might share additional updates on his restoration timeline sooner or later.
It was the third crash up to now 15 days for the French rider.
“Some riders braked laborious in entrance of him, and he was hit from behind,” stated directeur sportif Thierry Bricaud on the day of the crash in a staff launch. “He’s been having a extremely unhealthy interval for 2 weeks. He was there to see what his winter work would have introduced, to start out a momentum, and this can be a new setback.”
It stays unsure how his harm will have an effect on his debut on the Giro d’Italia, which is lower than two months away. Earlier this 12 months, he advised L’Équipe that his aim was to safe a top-five end—or perhaps a spot on the rostrum. After that, he meant to deal with the Tour de France the place he positioned fourth in 2022 and ninth in 2023.
This newest crash got here three days after he fell twice at Strade Bianche, the primary time with a gaggle of round 20 riders. After getting a brand new bike, he crashed a second time one kilometre later and deserted the Italian Spring Traditional.
The 28-year-old began the 12 months with a stage win and third total at Tour of Oman, earlier than he was sidelined by an unfortunate crash attributable to an animal throughout a coaching trip. He needed to skip the Traditional Var and the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes to get well from “muscle harm to the gluteus medius”, as reported by his staff.
