The Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel, runner-up in the Tour of Italy, presents “a bruise with contracted muscles and some problems in the sacrum”, after falling twice in the fifth stage, the Soudal Quick-Step doctor has revealed.
Great favorite for the final triumph of the 106th edition of the ‘corsa rosa’, the long distance world champion fell twice, the first time in the initial phase of the 171 kilometers between Atripalda and Salerno, when a dog ‘crossed’ the on the way to the peloton and then within the last 3,000 meters, which allowed him not to lose ground in the general classification.
“After the first crash, everything seemed fine with Remco, which at the time was a great relief. The problem is that after the second crash, he has a lot of pain on his right side.” [do corpo]a bruise with contraction of the muscles and some problems in the sacrum”, revealed the doctor of the Belgian team.
Toon Cruyt hopes that “with a good massage and osteopathic treatment”, followed by “a good night’s sleep”, the runner-up in the Tour of Italy will feel better.
“We will know more information on Thursday morning, but I am sure that the sixth stage will be difficult for him,” concluded the Soudal Quick-Step doctor.
Already within the last three kilometers, in which the ‘cuts’ of time due to falls do not count, Evenepoel looked to the left and did not see Trek-Segafredo cyclists on his right, falling and taking some with them.
Despite the scares, the 23-year-old winner of the 2022 Vuelta maintained the vice-leadership of the general classification, 28 seconds behind the Norwegian Andreas Leknessund (DSM), in a classification in which the Portuguese João Almeida (UAE Emirates) is fourth , one minute from the rose. sweater.
On Thursday the sixth stage begins and ends in Naples, 162 kilometers long with a flatter final stretch and a start with two categorized climbs, one second and one third category.
Source: TSF
