Kelderman ruled out of Tour de France with shoulder injury
Dutchman crashed in national championship💎s road ra🥀ce





168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wilco Kelderman has been ruled out of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France after injuring his right shoulder in a crash during Sunday's Dutch national championships road race. The Dutchman had been due to line out in the Sunweb team for La Grande Boucle alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin and Michael Matthews.
Kelderman had surgery to fix a broken right collarbone from𒈔 a crash during Tirreno-Adriatico in March, and his crash on Sunday caused the plate in the collarbone to bend. Following scans on Monday, Team Sunweb confirmed that Kelderman will♉ be unable to participate in the Tour.
"CT scaꦗns indicate that the plate mounted on his right collarbone is bent, which reduces functionality of the shoulder joint and a lot of pain," said team doctor Anko Boelens. "To start the Tour de France is no option. Additional check-ups will follow with international experts in this field, to determine the next steps and to decide if surgery is required. It's a complex injury with the history of injuries to t🔴he same shoulder and collarbone."
Kelderman had signalled his intention to ride the 2🎃018 Tour with a view to chasing stage victories before leading Sunweb's general classification bid at the Vuelta a España. He placed 4th overall in last year's Vuelta.
The 27-year-old began his 2018 season wi꧑th a fine second place overall at the Abu Dhabi Tour, but his spring campaign was curtailed by his crash on stage 5 of Tirreno-Adriatico. Kelderman recovered in time to line out at last month's Tour de Suisse, where 5th place overall was a firm indication of his pre-Tour de France form.
Kelderman proceeded to place third in the time trial at the Dutch championships, only to suffer a crash in Sunday's road race in Bergen ⛄op Zoom.
"I am gutted. A🍸t the moment the pain is really intense, making a Tour start simply impossible," Kelderman said. "It can't get much worse after the injuries I already faced in my recent career. I have to get over it once again and I will need time."
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Kelderman had previously broken his right collarbone in a training crash in December 2014. The Dutchman also suffered ill fortune on last year's Giro d'Italia, whe🦩n he was forced out with a broken fiꦜnger after being caught up in a mass crash at the foot of the Blockhaus on stage 9.
Sunweb announced a 12-rider long li𝄹st for the Tour in early June, but have yet to confirm their final 8-man selection.