Egan Bernal abandons Volta a Catalunya after stage 6 crash
Colombian suffers setback in first🌸 WorldTour race since 2021

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Egan Bernal has abandoned the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Volta a Catalunya after crashing with 90km remaining on stage 6 to Molins de Rei. The Colombian remounted after the fall and attempted to continue before opting to withdraꦉw 💙from the race shortly afterwards.
His 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers said that an u💟pda𝔍te on the extent of Bernal’s injuries "would be provided in due course."
It was Bernal’s second abandon in as many races in 2023 following his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:withdrawal from the Vue𓂃lta a San Juan on the penultimate stage in January. On that occasion, he abandon♛ed after an injury to his left knee, sustained in a crash on the opening day, which was exacerbated by his efforts on the key mountain stage to Alto Colorado.
Bernal had previously missed most of last season after suffering career-threatening injuries in a training crash in Bogota in January 2022. His inj🌊uries🔯 on that occasion included fractures to his right femur and right patella.
The knee pain Bernal suffered in Argentina also forced him to miss the Colombian national championships as well as the Vuelta a Andalucía and Paris-Nice, thou🍷gh he told the Just Cycling video channel that a series of﷽ scans had not shown any lasting injury to his left knee.
The 2019 Tour de France winner returned to competition at the Volta a Catalunya this week, though he downplaye♈d his prospects in what was his first WorldTour race since 2021, saying: “I’m not going to be going great, I h🔯ave to be realistic.&rdquoౠ;
Bernal was lying 42nd overall after five stages of the Volta a Catalunya, 21 minutes down on overall leader Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma).
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Unfortunaღtely, @EganBernal has abandoned #VoltaCatಞalunya102 after a crash on stage 5. An update will be provided in due course. pic.twitter.com/Y7m7LwT1U5

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de🉐 France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of , published by Gill Books.