'Now the road to recovery begins' – Jasper Philipsen undergoes collarbone surgery following Tour de France crash
Tadej Pogačar 'super sad' to see sprinter abandon the Tour, while other stage 3 crash victims race on with minor injuries

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jasper Philipsen has undergone successful surgery on his collarbone and acromioclavicular joint after suffering fractures in the stage 3 crash that saw him forced out of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, his Alpecin-Deceuninck team have announced.
Stage 1 winner and green jersey holder Philipsen was gearing up to contest the intermediate sprint during Monday's stage from Valenciennes to Dunkerque before he was inadvertently taken down by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bryan Coquard (Cofidis). Coquard, who himself crashed twice, subsequently 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:apologised for the incident.
Philipsen hit the ground hard, sliding for some distance along the tarmac on his back. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:His withdrawal was quickly confirmed as he was tended to by team and race doctors at the roadside, and he was later confirmed to h⛎ave suffered a broken colla💖rbone.
"Stage 3 of the Tour de France delivered us a tough day and a heartbreaking moment, as Jasper Philipsen was forced to leave the race after a heavy crash during the intermediate sprint for the green jersey," 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alpecin-Deceuninck an🌳nounced in a post to ꧑Instagram on Tuesday morning, accompanied by a photo of Philipsen giving a thumbs up.
"In the meantime, he underwent a successful surgery last night at AZ Herentals to repair his collarbone and AC joint. Thank you to 🌟Dr. Steven and Dr. Tom Claes for their excellent care. Now the road to recovery begins, and we’ll be behind him all the way෴."
The Belgian team had dominated the Tour's opening weekend, helping Philipsen to score his 10th stage win and first yellow jersey during the opening stage in Lille before 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mathieu van der Poel powered to victory and int♐o the race lead on stage 2's uphill finish at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Kaden Groves, seventh on stage 3, will now take over the flat sprint duties for the squad, while Van der Poel could spy another opportunity as early 🐻as today, a Classics-style hilly stage from Amiens to Rouen.
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Van der Poel, who will be leading out Groves going forward as well as taking his own chances for more wins, told that the atmosphere in the team ha✤s taken a hit follo✅wing the loss of Philipsen.
"The disappointment is en𓃲ormous. It is a great shame, especially for Jasper. When I saw him sitting on the ground, I immediately saw that it did not bode well," he said.
"We're all very sad to lose Jasper – not only ෴on the bike, either He's a friend and always lightens the mood in the team with his great sense of humour.
"But I think he can be proud of his victory in the first stage and of wearing the yellow je♏rsey. Knowing Jasper, he must be𓂃 very disappointed, but he will quickly turn the corner and concentrate on his next goal.
"The mood in the team has taken a hit. I hꩲope we can regain our concentration and have another great day🌺."
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tadej Pogačar, who liꦜes second overall at four seconds from Van der Poel, wrote that he was "very sad" to see his friend and former UAE teammate Phiꦐlipsen leave the race.
"Another crazy day done. I started honoured and happy with the polka dot jersey for a day, but super sad to see Jasper Philipsen hit the deck so hard – you will be back in no ti✱me," the defending champion wrote.
Philipsen's crash was one of many during an otherwise uneventful day of racing. Coquard was also caught up in a crash during the sprint finish, somersaulting over several other riders during a hectic fiꦦnal.
The Frenchman, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:🔯one of four riders handed a yellow card for irregular sprinting during stage 3, "has a burn all over his l♏eft flank, multiple superficial 𒆙wounds, and burns," according to his Cofidis team.
Davide Ballerini (XDS-Astana), Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto), and Emilienও Jeannière (TotalEnergies) also went down in the late crash. De Lie and Penhoët both escaped unscathed, while Astana directeur sportif Mark Renshaw said that Ballerini was "in a fair ওamount of pain" after going down hard.
Jeannière suffered "a facial trauma with no signs of severity, multiple♋ contusions, particularly to the shoulder, and stitched wounds", his team reported.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe riders Jordi Meeus and Laurence Pithie were caught in an earlier crash, t🅰hough inside the finꦬal kilometres and so covered by the new 5km rule. All escaped with scrapes, avoiding any serious injury.
Despite the numerous crashesܫ that marked stage 3, no further abandons have been rep🃏orted at time of writing, with Philipsen the only loss heading into stage 4.
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