The team Groupama-FDJ went through all the emotions this Sunday during the 2nd stage of The return. And one David Gaudu Yet without certainty has finally reassured his state of form by taking a superb and unexpected 3rd place at the top to Limone Piemonte, thus beginning ideally and promising its Tour of Spainthis result was unfortunately tainted by the fall just over 40 km from the arrival of its other leader Guillaume Martin-Guyonnetfollowed a few minutes later by the announcement of his premature abandonment. If we had little image and news of the Norman climber during the stage, his team first indicated that he had been “treinforced in hospital, where he will undergo examinations to define the extent and severity of his injuries“. A little later in the evening, the results fell: he suffers from two fractured vertebrae and bruises.
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“For him as for the team, it's a real blow to see him be eliminated on fall from the second day”
“Unfortunately, the rain arrived at the wrong time, in a part of the slightly hilly and quite technical course, with a lot of roundabouts. It turned out to be even more critical for us, because in the first slightly soggy downhill curve, Guillaume chased from the rear wheel, dropped in the ditch, and he could not leave “, detailed in the account of the day Frédéric Guesdon. “The record of the day remains mixed, because despite David's great performance, we are obviously sad to lose Guillaume, who was motivated and who was in good shape for this Vuelta. He had hooked despite the difficulties on the Tour and deserved to be able to express himself here. For him as for the team, it is a real blow to see him be eliminated on fall from the second day“, concluded the former runner and sports director.
