Nine-day recovery from collarbone break sees Jonas Abrahamsen back in Tour de France team 'against all odds'
'This should not have been possible' says Un🐼o-X as Norwegian rider cleared to start Tour less than three weeks after collarbone fracture

Norway's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonas Abrahamsen will ride the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Uno-X Mobility, desp♛ite fracturing his collarbone just 10 days ago, after making what his team called a "remarkable re♊covery".
Abrahamsen, who was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:named in the team🐟'💖s early Tour selection, crඣashed on stage 1 of the Baloise Belgium Tour on June 18 and broke his collarbone, putting his Tour participation at risk, with an injury that usually sees riders out of racing for at least four to six weeks.
, just nine days after the break, that the 29-year-old will indeed be at the Grand Départ in Lille next Saturday, after a remarkably quick recovery "against all odds"."Following a medical review in Manchester with one of the world’s leading shoulder specialists, the decision ha⛄s been made: Jonas is cleared to race," a message ꦛput out by the team read.
"The expert described the reco🐟very as highly impressive – noting that the shoulder appeared to be healing like an injury sustained eight weeks ago, not just🤡 nine days. He also remarked that Jonas was 'healing as well as a 12-year-old'."
A collarbone ✅break can be left to heal on its own, or it can be surgically stabilised with pins🌟 or plates. Abrahamsen was confirmed to have had surgery on his collarbone shortly after his crash.
When he takes to the start of stage 1 in Lille next week, he will be just two and a half week🍒s onꦉ from breaking his collarbone.
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"I’m really happy and thankful. I believed it was possible – but it feels a bit crazy to be confirmed just nine days a𒊎fter the crash," Abrahamsen said. "I think it’s still possible to do something big, for me and for the team. Now I just can’t wait to start the Tour. I’m incredibly grateful for the support I’ve received from the team to make this possible."
A key part of Uno-X's team in the two Tours he's done so far, including wearing the polka dotꦦ jersey for 10 days last year, so had extra motivation to try to get ꦏback to fitness in time for the start.
"Jonas is one of the most dedicated guys I’ve ever seen on a bike," Uno-X general manager Thor Hushovd said. "What he’s done to get back hꦕere is simply incred🥂ible. We’ll continue to support him in the days leading up to the Tour, and we’re proud to have him on the start line. This should not have been possible."
Abrahamsen will line up alongside an Uno-X team that also includes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Magnus Cort, Søren Wærenskjold and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tobias Halland Johannessen.
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on th🌸e calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, T༒our de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.
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