Calmejane takes a week's rest after Tour de la Provence concussion
Frenc🗹hman crashed out of race on stage 3, suffering head trauma and contusions

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lilian Calmejane is set for a week of rest after suffering 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:head trauma and concussion in a crash on stage 3 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de la Provence, his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:AG2R Citroën team has announced.
Calmejane – a new addition to the team for 2021 – crashed out of the four-day race on Saturday's stage to Mont Ventoux, which was won by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Iván Sosa (Ineos Grenadiers). The Frenchman suffered contusioౠns to his right shoulder as well as road rash, in addition to his head injury.
🦩In a statement released by the team, AG2R Citroën confirmed Calmejane's injuries, but could not say exactly when he would be able to return to racinওg.
"The victim of a crash on Saturday during the third stage of the Tour de la Provence, Lilian ꦜCalmejane, who suffered a slig🌠ht head trauma with a major bruise on his face, must take a one-week rest period," the statement read.
"His return to r🐷acing will be decided by how quickly the contusion heals."
Last December, t🌞he UCI instituted a concussion protocol for use during races, including planned concussion symptom cards for quick🦂 diagnosis, training for non-medical staff, as well as recommended rest periods and stepwise assessments before returning to racing.
The move came months after ex-AG2R rider Romain Bardet suffered a concussion in a crash during stage 13 of the Tour de France. The Frenchman raced on for 90🌞 kilometres after falling, and was later pulled from the race after a 'small haemorrhage' on his brain was discovered.
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Calmejane's setback isn't the first for AG2R Citroën this season. Team leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Benoît Cosnefroy has been forced to delay the start of his seas😼on due to a knee injury. The 25-year-old was set to begin his campaign at Étoile de Bessèges but is now expected to return to racing in March ahead of his first tar💦gets of the year, the Ardennes Classics.
AG2R Citroën continu♐e their season with Greg Van Avermaet, Nans Peters, Oliver Naesen and Ben O'Connor lining out at the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var, which gets underway on Friday.