Broken collarbone for Cameron Meyer
Australian cꦬrashed on Vuelta a Espana stage 17 t💧ime trial
After a fast start to the stage 17 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a Espana time trial, a late crash on the 38.4km Burgos course halted 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cameron Meyer's momentum with the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-GreenEdge rider falling heavily on his right side and breaking his collarbone. Meyer remounted and crossed the line in 84th place, 5:17 minutes down on stage winner and new overall leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) before heading off to the hospital where scans revealed 🍬the break.
"It was an interesting day for out team with Damo [Howson] crashing then I went down with 4k to go," Meyer said post-stage of his teammate who also went down. "I didn’t think it was broken but after going to the hospital and getting an x-ray, ☂the collarbone♓’s done so that will be the end of the Vuelta for me."
It the third straight grand tour that Meyer has failed to finish although there is added significant to his withdrawal with the 27-year-old 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:chanꩲging teams at the end of🦄 the season after four years with the Australian squad. While ꦡthe break has forced Meyer out of the race, the team announced he wi🐼ll not be undergoing surgery.
"It's not the best way for me going out. Its quite frustrating really but yeah I'll have to look to next season now. That's me done for this year and I'll ไlook forward to next year," he added of his last race in the 🌳GreenEdge colours.
Meyer's withdrawal from the race will also affects the team's ambitions for the team time trial at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Championships in Richmond later this month. Having finis♐hed third in the reintroduction of the race at the Worlds, Orica-GreenEdge have finished runner up on the last two occasions and will be looking to go one b꧅etter on the 38.8km course.
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