Still a collarbone fracture when Robert Gesink stepped down, Caleb Ewan also home | Tour de France

Gesink was involved in a crash on Monday, in which former winner Geraint Thomas also fell to the ground. The Briton got back on his bike, battered. Gesink had to give up. His team initially announced that the joint between the shoulder blade and collarbone had been dislocated in the Achterhoeker due to the fall.

Further examination in the hospital of Vannes showed a fracture to the extreme part of the bone.

Thomas seemed to go down because the steering wheel seemed to slip out of his hand when driving up a low speed bump. A number of riders then fell over him, including Gesink and his German teammate Tony Martin. It had already fallen on Saturday at the hands of a female spectator who was partly on the road with a cardboard sign in her hands.

The loss of Gesink, who rode with number 13, is a blow to Jumbo-Visma. The 35-year-old veteran was scheduled to be one of the helpers in the mountains for Tour favorite Primoz Roglic.

Gesink was working on his tenth Tour de France. Fourth place, after the later elimination of doping sinners Alberto Contador and Denis Menchev, in 2010 was his best result. Three times he failed to complete the round, each time as a result of a fall. In recent years, Gesink no longer focused on the classification.

Thomas, whose shoulder seemed dislocated, rejoined the peloton with the help of three teammates.

Australian Haig has to give up after crashing in Tour

Australian Jack Haig had to give up on Monday in the third stage of the Tour de France. The Bahrain leader was sixth in the general classification, 26 seconds behind leader Van der Poel. Haig was involved in one of the many crashes in the final phase of the ride. Nothing is known about his injuries yet.

Haig (27) was expected to achieve a good classification in the Tour after his fifth place earlier this month in the final classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné. He was the second rider not to reach the finish line after Gesink. Whether Ewan will start on Tuesday is highly uncertain.

Top sprinter Ewan also leaves Tour with collarbone fracture

Ewan will no longer start on Tuesday in the fourth stage of the Tour de France. The Lotto Soudal sprinter went down in full sprint on Monday and then disappeared by ambulance to the hospital.

A fracture in the right collarbone was found there, his team reported. Earlier in the day, Gesink had to give up after he suffered a similar injury due to a fall. The Australian Jack Haig also had to stop the fight due to a fall. This puts the number of dropouts after three stages at seven.