The cruelty of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France continued on Friday with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Romain Bardet (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:AG2R La Mondiale) suffering a heavy crash midway through 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage 13 to le Puy Mary.
After finishing the stage having dropped from fourth place overall at 30 seconds from race leader Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) down to 11th at three minutes, the AG2R La Mondiale team announced the Frenchman could not continue in the race due to a concussion he suffered in the fall.
"Romain suffers from a concussion, the♏ intensity and signs of which he presented after ༺the stage required our medical team to have him undergo a brain scan at the Clermont Ferrand University Hospital," AG2R team doctor Eric Bouvat said on Friday evening.
"This examination did not reveal any lesions. However, it is necessary for Romain Bardet to stop his sports ac𒆙tivities and he will not be able to𒁃 start the stage tomorrow.
"His date of resuming the competition will be defined according to the ♉progress [of his injury]."
Bardet crashed on the descent from an unclassified climb between the Montée de la Stéle and the Côte de l'Estiade with around 90km to go in the 191.8km stage throug๊h his home r🏅egion. He went down with Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) and took a while to get going again.
Bardet's teammate Benoit ꦐCosnefroy, who leads the mountains classification, expressed his deep concern for Bardet in the post-race interview, saying "I was with him when he crashed - actually I wasn't sure he could get back on h🧸is bike. He seemed to be in a lot of pain."
Professional cycling has had a spate of head injuries, with a number of high profile riders like , 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Horner and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toms Skujins finishing races while clearly impaired🐻 by꧂ concussions.
Most teams have 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:protocols to pཧrevent riders from continuing on if they have concussions as high levels of effort can compound the injury. It is unclear how Bardet was assessed following his crash.
The Frenchman said in a team press releas🐻e the incident was exactly the opposite of what he was hoping fo🐬r.
"This stage on my roads was the exact opposite of what I had hoped for. The fall was violent, downhill, and I struggled all day. The medical tests confirmed what I was se🌊nsing and I'm not able to continue on the race. I know that my teammates will give their best to finish the Tour de France with good performances."
Manager Vincent Lavenu sꦚaid, "We are all sad to see 𒉰Romain leaving us, at home, on his roads, in a stage where he dreamed of shining. He showed, once again, an admirable courage and fought like a lion until the end of the stage.
"We will fight even harder to honor him, with a polka-dot jersey to defend and stage victories to go after. W♎e wish him to come back even stronger 🎀very soon."
