Saturday, June 26th 2021
Many injured at the start of the tour
Froome has to go to the clinic after a mass fall
The start of the Tour de France is dramatic: two mass crashes cause many injured professional cyclists. The German Jasha Sütterlin can no longer move his wrist properly, Cyril Lemoine even suffers from a pneumotorax. The former winner Chris Froome is also hit hard.
The first stage of the 108th Tour de France, which was marked by two mass falls, claimed several other injuries. The Frenchman Cyril Lemoine suffered four broken ribs and a moderate pneumothorax, announced his team B&B Hotels p / b KTM on Saturday evening. Former Tour winner Chris Froome was one of the prominent victims of the falls. According to his Israel Start-up Nation team, the 36-year-old Briton was taken to a hospital for further examinations.
According to his team UAE Team Emirates around defending champion Tadej Pogacar, the Swiss Marc Hirschi, stage winner of last year’s Tour of France, suffered a dislocation of the shoulder joint. “Marc had a bad crash, but we hope for good news,” said Pogacar from Slovenia.
In addition, the Lithuanian master Ignatas Konovalovas suffered a head injury with an initial loss of consciousness. His Groupama FDJ team said: “The development is favorable, but he will stay overnight in the hospital in Brest for observation and further tests.”
The first mass fall led to the failure of the German professional cyclist Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg / DSM), who, according to the team, was spared from fractures, but suffered a severe bruise on his right wrist. “I can’t really move my right wrist, so it was impossible for me to go on,” said Sütterlin: “It’s good that nothing is broken, but I can’t say more than that I’m really disappointed about going home . “
A reckless fan had held up a sign by the roadside about 45 kilometers from the finish in Landerneau, but did not notice the approaching peloton. The German professional cyclist Tony Martin could no longer evade at high speed. Marked by his fall, the four-time time trial world champion from the Jumbo-Visma team reached the goal of the day in Brittany, more than 16 minutes behind the day’s winner Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceuninck-Quick-Step).
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