Tour de France: Burghardt "50-50" chance to start stage 7
BMC rider injured right shoulder in a crash
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marcus Burghardt was one of several riders to crash during a wet stage 6 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France from Arras to Reims and is now a "50-50" probability to start according to BMC's chief medical office Dr. Max Testa
With around 80km left of the 194km stage, Bur🏅ghardt was caught up in a crash due to tﷺhe wet roads as he explained.
"It was slippery and one guy was b♏raking and then there were guys crashing in front of me," Burghardt said. "I had a hard impact on the tarmac with my shoulder and felt directly that something was not right."
Burghardt managed to finish the stage and helped BMC's leader T168澳洲5最新开奖结果:ejay van Garderen from losing any time due to the winds before he crossed the line 6:20 minutes down on compatriot 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) who wꦕon his firstജ Tour stage of 2014.
The German had an X-ray taken at the finish line which revealed no fractures. "Marcus has an AC (acromioclavicular) jo♍int separation," Dr. Testa said. "We put some ic🌱e on him and will rest him and see tomorrow morning how he feels. Right now, it is a 50-50 possibility he can take the start."
The AC injury in similar to that of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Omega Pharma-Quick Step) who 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:crashed o🐈n ❀the first stage in Harrogate and was forced to abandon the Tour and has since 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:undergone surgery on his shoulder.
BMC's sports director Yvon Ledanois said if Burghardt failed to start it would be a loss for the team a👍s he had been crucial in looking after van Garderen on the flat stagesꦐ.
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"Wit🐼h the wind, there was a lot of tension and nervousness in the race," he said. "The guys did a good job wi🎀th Tejay. I hope Marcus can continue because he did a good job before the crash and he is one important guy for the team."