Wout Van Aert has found himself with his violent fall on Tuesday Across Flanders the Broken collarbone and several ribs. This was announced by his team Visma-Lease-a-Bike on X. It is currently unclear how long the Belgian will be out. What is certain is that he is Miss the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and the Amstel Gold Race becomes.
For Van Aert, the diagnosis is a huge setback. He dreamed of finally winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. In order to optimally prepare for the two monuments, he sacrificed several races in the winter.
Van Aert went down 67 km from the finish in the World Tour one-day race from Roeselare to Waregem after he had run at very high speed on the downhill run in front of the Kanarieberg, which was considered dangerous Touched the wheel of his teammate Teisj Benoot had. The 29-year-old took around a dozen riders with him, including the Dane Mads Pedersen and the Eritrean Biniyam Girmay. (nih/sda/afp)
😱 A huge crash in the leading group has taken down a number of favourites, including Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen and Biniam Girmay, at Dwars door Vlaanderen 💥🤕
Sending our best wishes to the riders who were involved in the crash. pic.twitter.com/hlfuZwhBZd
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2024-03-27 13:55:00
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