Matej Mohoric crashes at Sea Otter ahead of defending Gravel World Championship title

Matej Mohorič during his most recent race, the GP Montreal in Canada (Image credit: Getty Images)

Bahrain Victorious racer 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Matej Mohorič will not be taking part in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sea Otter Europe Girona gravel race this Saturday after a bad crash🤪 during a recon of the course.

The defending Gravel World Champion, Mohorič will instead head home to recover from his injuries.

“Unfortunately, Matej Mohorič suffered a bad fall during the recce of the UCI Gravel World Series Sea Otter Europe Girona course,” Bahrain Victorious said on social media.

“Due to his injuries, he will not be able to start on Saturday. He will return home to recover and focus on the upcoming World Championships on Gravel."

Sea Otter Girona was due to be one of the rare occasions that Mohoric has raced as Gravel World Champion due to a heavy WorldTour schedule. He recently took part in both Canadian WorldTour events, taking 30th in the GP Quebec and DNF in the GP Montreal.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:In a recent interview with Cyclingnews Mohorič said that his form was steadily improving after a difficult early summer, notably in the Tour de France.

"I think my form has steadily been going back to normal after the disaster of the Tour, with not feeling well and not being at anywhere close to my normal level. I was well in Poland, but I've not recovered yet fully from the fatigue of the Tour. Then I was better at Renewi - I didn't end up with a top result, but still, I was in the mix," he said.

It remains to be seen what effect, if any, Mohorič's training crash in Catalonia has on his upcoming double World Championships participation.

His role in the Road World Championships in Slovenia is set to be conditioned by the presence of star riders 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Primoz Roglič and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tadej Pogačar in the same line-up. But in the Gravel World Championship, given his success last year, Mohorič is labelled as a major pre-race favourite.

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.