Fuglsang ends season after Benelux Tour crash
Dane suffers fractured shoulder blade and collarb൩one in stage 1 fall

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jakob Fuglsang's 2021 season is over following a crash during the opening stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Benelux Tour. The Dane suffered a fractured shoulder blade and collarbone during the stage from Surhu𝄹isterveen to Dokkum and won't race again this year.
Fuglsang, who is in the final season of his current contract with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Astana-Premier Tech, confirmed the news in an interview with Danish broadcaster TV2 💟on Tuesday. He now faces surgery on his fractures.
"I'm really an💞noyed that it happened but there's not much to do about it," he said. "If you can look at the bright side – and sometimes you have to – I'm not going to get any further this season.
"I can take it easy and get back on top. I don't need to stress🙈 about being ready for a big goal within the next month."
Fuglsang's crash injuries mean he🎶 won't be taking part in the Road World Championships in Flanders in late September, which he had previously been aiming at. Last year he finished fifth at the Imola Worlds, 24 seconds down on winner Julian Alaphilippe.
"I was set on finishing strong with som🔯e good results, a good World Championships, and some good races at the end in Italy," he said.
"I act🌌ually thought my form was good and on the way up, so of course it's a bitter disappoin♉tment."
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The 36-year-old Dane has endured a season to forget, 💟with no wins to his name and only third place 💯at June's Tour de Suisse on his palmarès.
At the ꦅstart of the year Fuglsang said was targeting the Classics, stage wins at the Tour de France, and the Tokyo Olympics but has fallen short in each race.
"The start of the season was not what I had hoped for either," he said. "Except for theไ Tour de Suisse it's almost a season that can be thrown in the bin. But now it's just about looking forward to next season."