Picnic-PostNL riders John Degenkolb, Tim Naberman and Alex Edmondson all sustained accidents when a crash on the left-hand facet of the peloton rippled again by way of the group, taking down a number of riders with 126km to go on the Tour of Flanders.
The trio left the race and had been taken to hospital for x-rays and medical checks. Their crew reported that these checks revealed a number of fractures for Degenkolb, a damaged wrist for Naberman and a sprained ankle for Edmondson.
“John hit the bottom with various pressure within the crash, and the in-race medical crew instantly suspected a fractured collarbone. He was transferred to the native race hospital the place additional checks and x-rays had been performed. These then sadly confirmed that John certainly fractured his collarbone, alongside his wrist and elbow on the identical facet,” crew Picnic-PostNL physician Camiel Aldershof reported in a launch.
“He’ll endure surgical procedure on his wrist, earlier than a interval of restoration. Timelines can usually change however we anticipate him to be out of competitors for 2 months.”
Based on the crew, Naberman at present doesn’t want surgical procedure however “we’ll do one other management and verify on him this coming week to see if that state of affairs adjustments, however in fact he will likely be out of racing too whereas he recovers.”
As for Edmondson, he’ll relaxation for the upcoming week.
The timing of the prolonged harm absence is especially robust for the Classics focussed Degenkolb, who informed Cyclingnews in the beginning of the season that his ardour for the Classics nonetheless burned. He lined up for the 14th time to race Flanders on Sunday and the skilled crew captain hoped to ship a robust experience over the cobbles in preparation for his favorite race subsequent weekend, Paris-Roubaix. However the 36-year-old German, winner of the 2015 version of the Hell of the North, will now be unable to begin in Compiègne.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Tim Wellens (UAE Crew Emirates-XRG) and Emīls Liepiņš (Q36.5) additionally went down within the crash. Van der Poel was in a position to rejoin the peloton and battle for victory, in the end ending third whereas each Wellens and Liepiņš pulled out.
UAE reported on social media that Wellens escaped “with some abrasions on his proper facet.” Q36.5 wrote on social media that Liepiņš has “a number of abrasions and will likely be monitored for attainable concussion signs.”
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