Tadej Pogacar suffers a fracture and will undergo surgery, is the Tour de France in danger? – Cycling – Sports

the slovenian Tadej Pogacar, who was looking for the triplet in the Ardennes classics, abandoned in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège after a fall at kilometer 85 of the race, the organizers announced this Sunday, and he suffered a fracture of the left scaphoid and lunar bones of the hand, for which he will undergo surgery.

This abandonment of the UAE cyclist, who had won the Amstel Gold Race and the Walloon Arrow, deprives the race of a highly anticipated duel with the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who won the last edition of the test.

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Without offering more details about the state of the 24-year-old Slovenian runner, the organizers indicated that he fell after an 85 km race, before the main climbs of the program, together with the Danish Michael Honoré (EF Education), who also dropped out.

Pogacar’s teammates stopped to wait for their leader to reinstate him in the peloton, but the Slovenian was unable to continue.

Medical part

UAE He issued a short statement, in which he explains that his great star will be operated, after the analyzes that were carried out at a clinic.

“Tadej suffered fractures to his left scaphoid and lunate bones. The scaphoid will require surgery which he will undergo this afternoon with a specialist hand surgeon here in Genk,” the doctor said, Adrian Rotunno.

Pogacar hoped to finish Liège, stop for a bit and continue his preparation for the Tower of France. Will it come?

Surely yes. The Tour starts in 2 months and seven days, which gives him room to recover.

The idea of ​​Pogacar and his handlers was to stop after Liège and return to competition in the return to sloveniaon June 16, and it is on time, it can be recovered.
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