Injured Tour de France rider Wout Poels finally heads home
Return to competition yet to be determined







It’s been almost three weeks since 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wout Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM) left the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France after a dramatic cr🌜ash on stage s❀ix from Épernay to Metz. Poels was one 𒁃of many who went down that day but unlike many others, he wasꦇ not able to continue. He abandoned the race and left in an ambulance.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Poels’ injuries were serious and he was kept in intensive care following his ruptured kidney and spleen, a bruised lung and three broken ribs. He was in taken to a 𒅌military hospital in Metz where he remained unti𝐆l he was stable enough to return to the Netherlands.
He still has a long way to go before he is fully rඣecovered but the Dutchman is now finally at home where he can continue his treatment and rehabilitation.
"My tour lasted 2days longer! Finally home... Still a long way to go but bit by bit is tꦬhe right direction... # home sweet home," he wrote on Twitter.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:His exact recovery time is not yet known but considering the severity of his injuries, it could be a while before we see Poels back in the peloton. Poels was considered one of the contenders for the young rider classification, won by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tejay Van Garderen (BMC), at this year's Tour.
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