After crash: Sagan helper Oss has to give up Tour with broken neck vertebrae
DPA
· 07.07.2022
After the spectacular crash with a spectator, Daniel Oss also has to abandon the Tour de France. His team TotalEnergies announced on Thursday night that further examinations had revealed a fractured cervical vertebra.
Gogl also has to abandon Tour de France after crash
"He will not be allowed to move for a few weeks and will have to leave the tour," the statement from TotalEnergies. The accident on the third cobblestone sector of the fifth stage had already caused Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was forced to retire due to a broken pelvis and collarbone. The Austrian has now spoken out.
Oss had been riding on the edge of the cobblestones in the sector, touched a careless fan with his head and crashed.
Bora pro van Poppel can continue Tour
Gogl, who was speeding along behind, was unable to take evasive action at high speed and flew over Oss's bike. The rider who was also involved in the crash Bora-Hansgrohe-rider Danny van Poppel can continue the tour.
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Last year, there was already a serious crash at the Tour when German rider Tony Martin crashed into a spectator's cardboard sign that she was holding on the road to greet her grandparents.
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