On the sidelines of the very predictable victory in the sprint of Lorena Wiebes (Team SD World-Protime) in Angers this Monday, the big news of this 3rd stage of the Tour de France women obviously concerns Demi full ringinvolved in the big fall 3.7 km from the finish in a tight turn. Visibly touched, the leader of the FDJ-Suez took a while before leaving, but fortunately was able to take advantage of the “Sprint zone” rule extended at 5 km to be reclassified in the time of the peloton. A lesser evil that avoids (for the moment) to be definitely offside for the final victory, she who took her time to cross the line more than 6 minutes after the winner of the day. But the physical state of the Dutchman is far from reassuring and the concern grows this Monday evening around French training …
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Pain in knee and left buttock … complementary examinations to the coming hospital
Once arrived at his bus with the mine of bad days, Full Made into tears in the arms of his companion, Jan. Even if she then made the effort to go up on home-trainer To recover, the valer of Tour Women 2023 seemed to be well touched. A visual analysis confirmed by Stephen Delcourtthe manager of the FDJ-Suezafter arrival. “”Half was determined to finish on the rolls, so it's a good sign. She really wants to continue on this turn, but such a hard blow can still be felt. We go to the hospital to examine the consequences. She complains of knee, left buttock pain and back“, He first wanted to inform before expressing his frustration about the attitude of certain teams, according to him responsible for the fall.
“The mentality of certain teams is unacceptable. Really disrespectful“, he continues to go back up.”They play with people's lives like that. Half wants to be in front, but they constantly cut it. This fall was not the fault of the ASO organizer, but the runners. It is simply a question of respect. In addition, I ask all the teams to respect bikes. They must be in front of everyone's safety. I am so frustrated because half worked so hard for that. We must remain positive and look to the future. But half health is our priority. We will not take any unnecessary risk“A decision will be made this Tuesday morning, before the departure of the 4th stage. The Dutchman spent the first exams after the race before going to the hospital this Monday evening for additional examinations.
An episode which is reminiscent of its fall in the final of the 5th stage of the 2024 edition, she who had lost almost two minutes on the head of the general classification before failing to Four small seconds of the Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma In the end. If for the moment, the Batave has come out without any proof time, the curse may well continue in the days that follow, the hypothesis of an abandonment not being to rule out …
