Dramatic scenes occurred at the Tour de France on Wednesday.
Italian cyclist Daniel Os crashes after hitting a fan.
Now the stable of the 35-year-old confirms that he broke his neck.
The accident occurred on the fifth stage of the Tour de France, which runs between Lille and Arenberg. As the cyclists passed the cobbled portion of the race, Italian Daniel Oss crashed violently. The 35-year-old was spotted crashing into a fan that reached out for a photograph and it flew over the handlebars.
forced to break the round
Despite the violent crash, we managed to get on the bike again and complete the stage which was won by Australian Simon Clarke.
Later, the US booth, TotalEnergies, announced that he had been taken to hospital for further examination, and on Wednesday the news came.
They wrote on Twitter that he had a broken neck and had to cancel the tour.
– The whole team wishes you a recovery, Daniel, they wrote in their statement.
Pebble Critic: “Massacre”
After the events in the fifth stage, Eurosport expert Bradley Wiggins slammed the deck.
– We see the carnage it causes and the damage it does to cyclists who prepare for this race all year round. So I ask myself: Is it necessary to have a theater like this in the first week? As he tells the TV channel.
The Tour de France ends on June 24.