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Mistake by Rider Causes Massive Crash at Tour of Flanders

An accident at the 2023 Tour of Flanders resulted in a DQ for Filip Maciejuk, and sidelined Tim Wellens and Peter Sagan.

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Polish rider Filip Maciejuk has apologised for causing a mass crash at the Tour of Flanders that took out half of the peloton.

Maciejuk attempted to cut across a grassy verge in order to move towards the front of the pack, but the Bahrain Victory rider lost control cycling through a puddle and careered into the group, causing a domino-effect. The incident took out 2016 champion Peter Sagan in his final Flanders race while Tim Wellens had to retire due to injuries.

Maciejuk was disqualified from the race and could now face further punishment should cycling ’s governing body, the UCI , investigate the incident.

“I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today,” Maciejuk tweeted. “I hope all those involved are in good health,” Maciejuk wrote on Twitter. “This should not happen and was a big error in my judgment.

“I had no intention of causing this. All I can do now is apologise for my mistake and learn from this in the future. Sorry again to the peloton, my teammates and the fans.”

Some fellow riders were not impressed with Maciejuk’s actions.

“The big crash happened just in front of me. It was his own mistake. I don’t know what he was planning to do there,” said Mathieu van der Poel, who finished runner-up to race winner Tadej Pogacar. “They should create punishments for such behavior. It’s so obvious. It was like a bowling ball rolling into the peloton. It was really not necessary at that point of the race.”

In response to Maciejuk’s apology, Movistar rider Carlos Verona tweeted: “Unfortunately it is not only you taking too much risk in the bunch nowadays. This sport is getting more and more dangerous for behaviors like yours today and I hope @UCI_cycling starts to do something because there is no respect in the peloton anymore! 😞.”

Two-time Tour de France champion Pogacar joked that he could now retire happy from cycling after winning the Tour of Flanders classic for the first time.

Pogacar, who won the showcase Tour in 2020 and 2021, became only the third cyclist to win both races after Frenchman Louison Bobet and Belgian great Eddy Merckx. The 24-year-old Slovenian clinched victory with a superb solo attack to add Flanders — one of the five "monument races" in one-day cycling — to his glittering list of wins.

“I can say that I can retire after today and I can be proud of my career,” Pogacar said. “I can be super happy and proud.”

Pogacar dropped Dutchman Van der Poel about 18 kilometers from the end of the 273.4-kilometer (169.5-mile) trek from Bruges to Audenarde and beat him by 16 seconds. Dane Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) was third, ahead of Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) in fourth spot — both 1:12 behind Pogacar.

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Cyclist Filip Maciejuk given a 30-day ban for causing a mass crash at the Tour of Flanders

FILE - France’s Christophe Laporte of the Jumbo Visma team, center, competes during the Tour of Flanders in Oudenaarde, Belgium on Sunday, April 2, 2023. Polish cyclist Filip Maciejuk will serve a 30-day ban for causing a mass crash with a dangerous move at the Tour of Flanders in April. The International Cycling Union announced the ban Wednesday, July 26, 2023, one day after it took effect. The 23-year-old Polish rider for the Bahrain Victorious team will sit out races including the Tour of Poland and the world championships starting next week in Scotland. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

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AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — After causing a mass crash with a dangerous move at the Tour of Flanders , Filip Maciejuk was given a 30-day ban Wednesday by the International Cycling Union.

The 23-year-old Polish rider for the Bahrain Victorious team will miss the Tour of Poland, which starts Friday, and the world championships, which start on Aug. 3 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Former world champion Peter Sagan was among the riders forced to abandon the one-day, cobbled-road classic on April 2 in the pile-up caused by Maciejuk after he veered back on the road after advancing on a grassy footpath.

Maciejuk was disqualified and apologized that day, writing on Twitter: “This should not happen and was a big error in my judgment.”

The UCI said the Polish rider “caused the crash of several riders in the peloton after riding outside of the racecourse and through a puddle on the roadside.”

The sport’s governing body added “it is strictly prohibited for riders to use sidewalks, lanes or cycle paths that do not form part of the racecourse.”

Maciejuk’s 30-day ban started Tuesday.

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UCI to investigate massive Tour of Flanders crash, road-blocking team tactics

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The moment Filip Maciejuk sparked a huge crash during the 2023 Tour of Flanders

The UCI have confirmed they are considering further disciplinary action against Bahrain Victorious rider Filip Maciejuk after he sparked a huge crash during Sunday’s Tour of Flanders.

Maciejuk was seen moving up along the side of the road with 140 km to race. He then rode into a deep grass section, lost control of his bike and swayed across the road into the peloton.

His move sparked off a domino effect of crashes across the road, with numerous riders going down.

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) was among the riders to crash although he quickly remounted and rejoined the peloton. Former winner Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) was forced to abandon early in what was his final Tour of Flanders, while Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) was left with a badly fractured collarbone and Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) fractured his left arm.

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The video referee (VAR) reviewed the video footage of the incident and Maciejuk was disqualified before the race had finished. He quickly apologised on social media but the UCI is considering further action.

“We want to set an example,” UCI coordinator Peter Van Den Abeele told Sporza .

“His manoeuvre was absolutely wrong. You can never jeopardise the safety of your fellow riders.”

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“Further measures could definitely follow. He will appear before the disciplinary committee. A possible suspension and/or additional fine is then not excluded. We can’t let this pass.”

For years, riders have used gutters, footpaths, bike paths and even the dirt sections along the edge of roads to find an advantage and move up in races. However crashes and the dangers to the public have forced the UCI to introduce stricter rules and punishments.

“We were criticised when we introduced the rule against riding on a footpath, but the consequences [on Sunday] were significant for riders like Tim Wellens,” Van Den Abeele pointed out.

“It is a negative trend and we need to get rid of it. We want to set an example and send a signal to the riders that we are all responsible for safety.”

The UCI also confirmed it will look at DSM's use of what the Flemish media later described as a ‘ Catenaccio’ tactic during the Tour of Flanders.

With some 126 kilometres to go on the Kortekeer climb, DSM's John Degenkolb and four of his teammates massed at the front of the peloton. They then slowed to a walking pace, forcing some riders to put a foot down, before accelerating on the front of the peloton. The tactic did not effect the race's development but garnered lots of criticism on social media.

Mathieu van der Poel posted a video of the moment the squad massed on the Kortekeer on Twitter with a sarcastic "Chapeau Team DSM" comment, and Eddy Merckx called it "dangerous". Cyclingnews columnist Fabian Cancellara also contrasted the tactic with the absence of any DSM riders at the top of the results sheet.

Trek-Segafredo tried a similar move during Dwars door Vlaanderen on the same climb but now the UCI will investigate.

"We have also noticed this trend," Van Den Abeele said.

"We will analyse that tactic in more detail. Everyone must be able to defend their chances, but this strategy is very far-reaching."

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Tour of Flanders crash: Cyclist Filip Maciejuk ‘really sorry’ after causing 50 rider pile-up in spring classic

Maciejuk was disqualified after accidentally causing a mass pile up when he swerved into the peloton.

Maciejuk veered back into the peloton after going off-road (Photo: Eurosport)

Filip Maciejuk has apologised for “a big error in judgment” after wiping out dozens of riders in a huge crash at the Tour of Flanders.

The Bahrain Victorious rider was disqualified for attempting to re-join the pack after cycling through a puddle and leaving a pile of cyclists in his wake when he collided with those at the front.

The cold and humid weather contributed to several crashes in Sunday’s race, but none so severe as this one, which left a tangle of legs and bikes strewn across the road.

Peter Sagan, the 2016 champion riding in his final Flanders, was one of the victims of the pile-up, with Tim Wellens being another notable rider who was forced to retire.

The moment Bahrain Victorious rider Filip Maciejuk caused the crash in the peloton, attempting to ride back onto the road 💥 #RVV23 pic.twitter.com/ixym03232A — Eurosport (@eurosport) April 2, 2023

Maciejuk was quick to apologise and reaffirmed that the crash was in no way deliberate, tweeting: “I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today. I hope all those involved are in good health and safe. This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement.

Chaos!! pic.twitter.com/AAhxbVMtNr — Dieter Vanthourenhout (@vanthourenhout) April 2, 2023

“I had no intention of causing this. All I can do now is apologise for my mistake and learn from this in the future.”

I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today. I hope all those involved are in good health and safe.This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement. — Filip (@FilipMaciejuk) April 2, 2023

Despite the crashes, the pace of the race was still quick, and Wellens’ abscence did not hinder teammate Tadej Pogacar, who joked that he could now retire happy from cycling after winning the classic for the first time.

Pogacar became only the third Tour de France champion to win Flanders after Frenchman Louison Bobet and Belgian great Eddy Merckx.

“With the speed on the cobbles I was already suffering,” said Pogacar, who races for UAE Team Emirates.

Sunday’s victory was his third “monument” win, after winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège in Belgium in 2021 and the Tour of Lombardy for the past two years.

The two he has yet to win are Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix, which has even tougher cobbles than Flanders and is being held next Sunday. Mathieu van der Poel won Milan-San Remo this year with Pogacar finishing in fourth place.

“San Remo is the most difficult one [of the five monuments], I arrived there in good shape this year,” said Pogacar, who also won the Paris-Nice stage race this year.

He is uncertain whether he is bulky enough to take on Roubaix, which is known as “L’Enfer du Nord” (The Hell of the North).

“I think I need to gain a few kilos for Roubaix,” Pogacar said. “Toughen my hands for the cobbles.”

Filip Maciejuk disqualified from Tour of Flanders after causing horror crash

Filip maciejuk (bahrain-victorious) had a tour of flanders to forget, disqualified from the race after he caused a massive crash in the peloton which saw multiple riders forced to withdraw from the monument..

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The moment Bahrain Victorious rider Filip Maciejuk caused the crash in the peloton, attempting to ride back onto the road 💥 #RVV23 pic.twitter.com/ixym03232A — Eurosport (@eurosport) April 2, 2023

Filip Maciejuk, the young Polish rider with Bahrain Victorious, has apologised for causing a major crash early in the Tour of Flanders today. The 23-year-old tried to overtake on the right side of the peloton but misjudged his effort and ended up in a flooded grass verge.

He then lost control a little and darted to his right and back into the front of the peloton. While he stayed upright himself, he bounced into others riders and caused a mass pile-up that rippled back through the bunch.

Those who came down in the incident included: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep), Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies),Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) and Oier Lazkano (Movistar).

Turner, Lazkano, Wellens and Sagan were all forced out of the race after the incident with 140km to go. Maciejuk, who is in just his second season at World Tour level, was disqualified from the race. He immediately went onto social media to take responsibility for the incident and apologise to all involved.

“I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today,” he said. “I hope all those involved are in good health and safe.This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement.

“I had no intention of causing this. All I can do now is apologise for my mistake and learn from this in the future. Sorry again to the peloton, my teammates and the fans.”

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Horrendous Tour of Flanders crash sees Bahrain Victorious pro disqualified

First Published Apr 2, 2023

Bahrain Victorious' Filip Maciejuk was disqualified from the Tour of Flanders for causing a shocking crash which brought down most of the men's peloton, injuring many riders.

UAE Team Emirates' Tim Wellens was the worst affected and abandoned the race, but riders from many teams were brought down, Julian Alaphilippe, Peter Sagan, Jasper Stuyven, Davide Ballerini, Edoardo Affini, Ben Turner and Yves Lampaert among them.

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Massive crash in the peloton with dozens of riders involved. Wellens seems to be the biggest victim. #RVVmen #RVV23 pic.twitter.com/CovtCaZdlv — Ronde van Vlaanderen (@RondeVlaanderen) April 2, 2023

The pile-up came with around 140km to go as the peloton raced for position ahead of the first ascent of the Oude Kwaremont.

Maciejuk sped up the left-hand side of the road and onto a flooded grass verge, losing control of his bike and swerving back into the peloton, hitting Tim Wellens and in turn bringing down tens of riders behind.

Commentating for GCN and Eurosport, Dan Lloyd said "it is a long time since I have seen a crash as big as that".

Chaos!! pic.twitter.com/AAhxbVMtNr — Dieter Vanthourenhout (@vanthourenhout) April 2, 2023

Moments later, Philippe Gilbert, riding seconds behind the peloton aboard a motorbike, told the TV coverage Maciejuk had been disqualified "for taking a lot of risk and causing the crash".

The 2017 Flanders winner said his former teammates at Soudal Quick-Step seemed to be the worst affected team, with three big names down, and praised the commissaires for using TV footage effectively to come to a decision regarding the disqualification.

"I don't think anyone can argue that that is the correct decision by the UCI commissaires," Lloyd replied.

"I'm really sorry for my mistake"

As the race continued, Maciejuk took to social media to apologise.

"I'm really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today," he said. "I hope all those involved are in good health and safe. This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement.

"I had no intention of causing this. All I can do now is apologise for my mistake and learn from this in the future. Sorry again to the peloton, my teammates and the fans."

Sitting at home watching alongside the rest of us, Lotto DSTNY's Thomas De Gendt — who is good friends with Wellens — said "dangerous" moves like Maciejuk's need to be banned, saying he would be "okay with suspensions for moves like this".

"This was a direct attack to my friend Tim Wellens. Hope he is not hurt too much," De Gendt commented.

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I'm 100% in favour of suspensions for this type of incident. Doesn't need be a crazy long ban, something like 4-6 weeks would do.

These crashes should be reviewed (whenever practical), and those responsible, where obvious fault can be attributed, should face a period on the benches. There are not too many sports where there isn't such a mechanism in place.

That look-back at the mayhem he triggered, then down at his top-tube, is pure Bart Simpson.

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Rider DQ'd After Massive Crash in Flanders

Cycling's Tour of Flanders was marred by a mass fall on Sunday as around 40 riders hit the tarmac

Cycling's Tour of Flanders was marred by a mass fall on Sunday as around 40 riders hit the tarmac with culprit Filip Maciejuk, who was disqualified from the race, offering a complete apology for "a big error in my judgement".

Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe were able to continue but eventual winner Tadej Pogacar lost key teammate Tim Wellens while another fancied rider, Britain's Tom Pidcock lost Ben Turner.

Former champion Peter Sagan also had to pull out of the race due to the fall.

The accident happened around 140km into the 273km cobbled classic as Bahrain Victorious rider Maciejuk hit a pothole hidden by a puddle while trying to get around the peloton on a grass verge.

He veered wildly in front of other riders, then had to watch in dismay as a tangle of riders and bikes hit the ground.

I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today. I hope all those involved are in good health and safe.This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement. — Filip (@FilipMaciejuk) April 2, 2023

Maciejuk was expelled from the race within minutes.

"I'm really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today," said the embarrassed Polish rider.

"I hope all those involved are in good health and safe. This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement."

He added: "All I can do now is apologise for my mistake and learn from this in the future."

The race was eventually won by Pogacar, with Alaphilippe and Pidcock finishing eight minutes down on the day.

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Almost no one outside of the peloton had heard of Filip Maciejuk before Sunday’s Tour of Flanders .

That changed in an awful instant when the Bahrain-Victorious rider provoked the worst mass crash in men’s cycling since the notorious “Allez Opi-Omi” incident in the 2021 Tour de France.

The Polish rider lost control after trying to bunny-hop back onto the roadway and appeared to clip a wheel before shoulder-bumping another rider to create a cascading effect at the very front of the men’s peloton.

The impact was devastating.

“The big crash happened just in front of me. It was his own mistake. I don’t know what he was planning to do there,” said runner-up Mathieu van der Poel . “They should create punishments for such behavior. It’s so obvious. It was like a bowling ball rolling into the peloton. It was really not necessary at that point of the race.”

The road was completely blocked with twisted bodies, bikes, and lycra, and several pre-race favorites, including Tim Wellens, Ben Turner, and Peter Sagan, racing in his final Flanders, were all forced to abandon.

Turner was later diagnosed with a broken left arm, while Wellens broke his left collarbone and will undergo surgery Monday.

It was the worst mass crash in men’s cycling since the infamous “Allez Opi-Omi” crash in the 2021 Tour de France when a fan holding a sign provoked a crash that saw the entire peloton come to a crashing halt.

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Maciejuk was quickly dispatched from the race, and immediately took to social media to apologize.

“I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today. I hope all those involved are in good health and safe,” he wrote in a message posted on Twitter. “This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement.

“I had no intention of causing this. All I can do now is apologise for my mistake and learn from this in the future. Sorry again to the peloton, my teammates and the fans.”

Chaos!! pic.twitter.com/AAhxbVMtNr — Dieter Vanthourenhout (@vanthourenhout) April 2, 2023

That heartfelt apology from the second-year pro wasn’t enough for some.

Nearly everyone muttered that riders shouldn’t use shoulders and sidewalks to try to move up. Ineos Grenadiers rider Luke Rowe was also disqualified from a recent edition of De Ronde for a similar, but much less dramatic, incident. Rowe didn’t cause anyone to crash.

“Hurts to watch huge crashes likes this,” wrote ex-pro Mark Renshaw. “Filip Maciejuk deserves being thrown out of the race. I’d give him a couple of extra weeks out to think about that.”

Disqualification and a fine: Will the UCI investigate?

By Monday, there was no official reaction or comment from Bahrain-Victorious officials about the incident.

The race jury disqualified Maciejuk, and later fined him 1,000 Swiss francs, and subtracted 50 UCI points. The race jury cited the following rule:

ART. 8.2 Violence, intimidation, insults, threats and improper behaviour (pulling on the jersey, on the saddle of another rider, head , elbow and knee strikes, pushing with the shoulder, foot or hand, urinating in the crowd, etc. …) or indecent behaviour or putting others in endangering.

The race jury, however, is limited to issuing only cash fines, and imposing time or points penalties. The UCI Disciplinary Commission could investigate the incident and perhaps issue a racing ban.

Riders and sport directors were livid about the crash, but many kept their thoughts to themselves.

The crash wiped out some of the top names of the peloton, and no one had anywhere to go. Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek Segafredo) were other top names who went down hard.

“I was a little disappointed to fall, but it was a big fall, so it was hard to avoid,” said Alaphilippe, who continued but didn’t have the legs to play a decisive role. “I am still convinced that Flanders is a race that I love, that I dream of winning some day.”

American rider Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) was forced to swap his bike but otherwise avoided the more serious implications that others faced.

“There was the mass pileup that I was involved in. I changed bikes, chased onto the front group, and then from there it was just a lot of suffering,” Jorgenson said.

“I was caught in this big crash with [Peter] Sagan outside of Oudenaarde, and had to wait and change bikes because my bike was broken.

“Thankfully, I had Ivan Romeo and he brought me back, and we got back on the first time up the Kwaremont. From there, the race was just on.”

Unfortunately it is not only you taking too much risk in the bunch nowadays. This sport is getting more and more dangerous for behaviors like yours today and I hope @UCI_cycling starts to do something because there is no respect in the peloton anymore! 😞 https://t.co/eg49XpIU43 — Carlos Verona (@Carlos_Verona) April 2, 2023

“Some of the crashes were nasty, especially before the big one before the Kwaremont,” said Zdenek Stybar (Jayco-AlUla). “It was very nervous all day. There was another big crash with Mohorič, that one I saw. I just hope everyone is OK from these crashes.”

The incident will mark Maciejuk, a young Polish rider who started his second Tour of Flanders on Sunday. Many consider him one of Poland’s most promising young riders, but the race ended way worse than he could have imagined.

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Results and Highlights from the 2024 Tour of Flanders

The world champion attacked on the Koppenberg and he was no match for the rest of the riders in the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

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Grey skies and consistent rain: it must be the Tour of Flanders.

The conditions were fitting for the the second Monument of the season—arguably the best of the bunch. The 2024 Ronde van Vlaanderen brought more thrills as we continue to chug through the best part of the cycling season.

Here’s how both the men’s and women’s races played out at the 2024 Tour of Flanders.

Van der Poel captures record-tying third Flanders victory

Mathieu van der Poel won the 2024 Tour of Flanders, making his definitive move with 43 kilometers to go, and once he did, he left no doubt about it.

It was a vintage cycling scene up the brutal cobbled Koppenberg with 43km to go in the race. It was there that it was all blown apart. Van der Poel laid waste to the rest of the field up the treacherous climb, that gets as steep as 22% at its worst. While many of the riders had to dismount their bikes and try to run up the hill, van der Poel (have you heard he’s a cyclocross star?) stormed ahead. His advantage only grew after that, and it quickly became apparent that it was a race for second.

The world champion and Alpecin-Deceuninck leader solo’d for the last hour of the race. It’s van der Poel’s third win at the Tour of Flanders, tying six others for the most wins in the Momument’s history.

Pedersen tried some interesting tactics to try and steal it from van der Poel. The Ghent-Wevelgem winner from a few weeks ago gapped the peloton with over 86km to go. He was able to establish an advantage over 25 seconds, but was eventually reeled back in before the Paterberg.

Luca Mozzato (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) was a surprise second place, out-sprinting a strong field of riders at the end to grab a podium spot, 1:02 behind van der Poel. Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates) was third in the same time with Michael Matthews (Team Jayco-AlUla) relegated.

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9 years after her first Flanders victory, Longo Borghini wins for a record second time

While the men’s race lacked drama in the final hour, the women’s race packed a ton of action into the last 45 kilometers, once the riders got on the nasty Koppenberg. In the end, Elisa Longo Borghini sprinted to the win—with the help of a teammate—to win the Tour of Flanders for the second time in her career, nine years after winning the race in 2015.

Longo Borghini won a three rider sprint to the finish over her Lidl-Trek teammate Shirin van Anrooij and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon–SRAM). Van Anrooji provided the leadout for Longo Borghini, who seized the opportunity at the end and out-sprinted Niewiadoma for the victory.

Longo Borghini is the fifth rider to win the Tour of Flanders twice. No rider has ever won three. It was a 1-3 finish for the Lidl-Trek squad to cap off a big day for the team.

The Koppenberg proved to be a pivotal moment in the race. The unbelievably steep climb—made no easier by wet and rainy conditions—claimed many victims. It broke the race apart, with two-time defending champion Lotte Kopecky, as well as her SD Worx-Protime teammate Demi Vollering, among many others losing ground

Those two, along with van Anrooij, were able to make their way back to the lead group. Van Anrooij wasted no time and launched an attack off the front when the chasers rejoined the lead group. From there, she was able to gap the field.

With 12km to go, Longo Borghini and Niewiadoma caught van Anrooij, and the chase group—including Kopecky, Vollering, and Marianne Vos—didn’t have the power to bridge the gap to the three leaders and it set up to be a three-rider race to the finish.

Longo Borghini handled the Koppenberg well, and rode arguably the most consistent race of the other contenders in the race. Surely, that helped her in the end, as she was able to catch van Anrooji for the run into the finish, and sprint to the win.

There was no three-peat for the world champion Kopecky, who won Flanders in 2022 and 2023. Going for a record third win in the classic, she spent much of the latter part of the race chasing down gaps. Vos took fourth, winning the sprint of the best of the rest on the day.

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CW Live: Tour of Flanders updates as Tadej Pogačar and Lotte Kopecky convincingly win; Mathieu van der Poel finishes second; Mads Pedersen beats Wout van Aert to fourth; SD Worx continue dominant spring; Bahrain-Victorious rider apologises for crash;

Join us for live updates from the Tour of Flanders as Tadej Pogačar and Lotte Kopecky win the men's and women's editions

Hello, cycling fans. The wait is over. It's Flanders day. De Ronde . The hilly cobbled Classic we've building up to ever since Opening Weekend at the end of February.

Join us throughout the day as we provide you with live updates from Belgium, where Mathieu van der Poel goes in search of his third victory in the last four years in the men's race, while SD Worx will look to continue their dominant spring form, boasting the defending champion Lotte Kopecky among their talented ranks.

If you want to get in touch with me, Chris Marshall-Bell, then you can send me a message on Twitter @cmbell310

Timings:

Men's race (273km) began at 9:00 (BST) and will finish around 3:30 (BST)

Women's race (157km) will begin at 12:30 (BST) and finish around 4:30 (BST)

Updates (BST time)

10:45: Both Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar rejoin peloton after frantic salvation jobs 11:30 : Five-man breakaway finally forms ahead of first berg 12:00 : Peter Sagan and Tim Wellens abandon after huge crash also takes out Julian Alaphilippe 13:00 : Jumbo-Visma, Soudal-QuickStep and UAE-Team Emirates represented in strong leading group 14:30: Pogačar, van der Poel and Wout van Aert reduce leaders' lead after a series of ferocious attacks 14:50: Wout van Aert is dropped by van der Poel and Pogačar as Mads Pedersen tries solo attack 15:05: Pogačar goes solo over the Kwaremont, passes Pedersen, and closes in on win 15:25 : Pogačar wins men's race as Annemiek van Vlueten crashes in the women's race 16:15 : Lotte Kopecky attacks solo as she looks to defend her title 16:45 : Lotte Kopecky wins her second successive Flanders with teammate Demi Vollering in second.

Men's race flag drops in Bruges with the Big Three the favourites

All the talk pre-race has been about the Big Three : defending champion Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogačar. Who can stop them?

Tom Pidcock will certainly try but for the Briton, winner of Strade Bianche four weeks ago, to triumph, he will require Jumbo-Visma, Pogačar and Van der Poel all to have an off-day.

There are, of course, plenty more riders than just the Big Three: Trek-Segafredo's Mads Pedersen, Groupama-FDJ's Valentin Madouas and EF Education-EasyPost's Neilson Powless will all fancy their chances.

Windy, windy, windy

There is no rain forecast for either the men's or women's races today, but it's a cold start to the day - 6°C is what the thermometers are registering. There is also a brisk headwind blowing through Flanders, and most concerningly for Tadej Pogačar, a medium-strength gust is expected in the final hour of racing when they ascend the Paterberg for the final time.

How will that affect the day?

Van der Poel caught out by crosswinds after just 40km of racing

After an hour of racing in the men's race, we have our first act of drama. Strong crosswinds have caused a split in the pack and, crucially, Mathieu van der Poel is caught in the second group. The group ahead, which contains the other favourites, has a lead of more than 30 seconds and has the firepower to power away from Van der Poel's group. His teammates are pulling hard but it's proving in vein.

Forming a breakaway has proven incredibly difficult so far, despite plenty of attempts. Among those to have tried since the neutral start is everyone's new cult hero: Oier Lazkano of Movistar (second at Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday).

Van der Poel back in the peloton

Situation saved for the defending champion: after a stressful 20km, Mathieu Van der Poel has returned to the main peloton, thanks to the work of his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates who closed a gap that at one point was at 40 seconds. What will the effect of that chase have on the race's final outcome?

Meanwhile, we're still waiting for the first break to form. It's been a relentless start to the racing.

And now it's Tadej Pogačar trapped behind

The drama is not abating. While many riders still try to jump clear, a crash at the back of the peloton caught Tadej Pogačar out. Although the two-time Tour de France champion did not fall, he and his UAE-Team Emirates teammates were more than 30 seconds behind the peloton. Thanks to some intense work, Pogačar and co. rejoined the peloton after a few kilometres.

We've had 100 minutes of racing and it's been full-on action.

Slip and sliding expected on the cobbles

Oude Kwaremont.Very slippery and muddy.#RVV23Photo: @BeelWout pic.twitter.com/MlXdwkZ3UB April 2, 2023

90km of racing and still no breakaway

The opening two hours of the season's second Monument have been intense, characterised by a rapid pace, crosswinds and a crash.

As we approach 100km, the race is, remarkably, still waiting for its first breakaway to form. No one can get away. There have been plenty of attempts but the elastic will just not stretch further than 100 metres.

The fastest Ronde ever?

We are on course for the fastest ever men's edition of De Ronde. The first two hours of racing were completed at an average speed of 48.7kph, a massive 5kph faster than the 2001 edition which averaged 43.6kph. That remains the fastest-ever Tour of Flanders.

Of course, there are the bergs, cobbles and headwinds to come that will slow down the speed, but those figures highlight just how quick the opening few hours has been.

Do we have a confirmed breakaway?

It looks like it: Jasper De Buyst (Lotto-Dstny), Daan Hoole (Trek-Segafredo), Elmar Reinders (Jayco-AlUla), Filippo van Colombo (Q36.5) and Guillaume Keirsbulck (Bingoal WB) have been given a lead of around 20 seconds and the peloton behind - already significantly smaller thanks to an incessantly-fast first two hours - seems willing to permit them an advantage. It only took 110km of racing.

How long will this break last?

Update at 11:40 (BST) : the break now have a lead of 1-40, with Jumbo-Visma manning the front of the peloton.

This is really interesting... Tim Merlier of Soudal-QuickStep has accelerated from the front of the peloton, bringing with him Jonas Rutsch of EF Education-EasyPost. The pair have bridged across to the break of five, ensuring that Soudal-QuickStep have presence in the breakaway. Soudal-QuickStep have had a torturous spring Classics campaign and they are desperate to be involved today.

Read more: Forget the Classics, Soudal-Quick Step are a GC team: 'We have shown that we're strong enough'

The women's race is getting underway soon

2013 winner Marianne Vos looking focused at the start of the women's race.

The escape builds a sizeable lead as the Kwaremont approaches

Men's race - 145km to go : It took forever for the breakaway to form, but now it has the seven men up front have a lead approaching five minutes. The first ascent of the Oude Kwaremont is looming, and behind the peloton is being led by Jumbo-Visma and UAE-Team Emirates.

Huge crash affects scores of riders

Men's race - 141km to go: A huge crash has taken out dozens of riders at the front of the peloton, including Soudal-QuickStep's Julian Alaphilippe, Trek-Segafredo's Jasper Stuyven, Peter Sagan of TotalEnergies and Tim Wellens of UAE-Team Emirates.

It all happened because Filip Maciejuk, a Bahrain-Victorious rider, sprinting to get to the front, abruptly rejoined the road after careering into a deep puddle to the side of the peloton. Riding out of control, the rider veered straight into the front of the bunch, upending several riders and thus created a domino effect that caused many to fall.

Wellens was subsequently forced to abandon, along with Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers).

Filip Maciejuk disqualified for causing crash

Filip Maciejuk of Bahrain-Victorious before he was thrown off the race.

Men's race - 133km to go: Filip Maciejuk, the Bahrain-Victorious rider who was responsible for bringing down several riders at the front of the peloton, has been disqualified by the race jury. The Pole, 23, was riding his second Ronde .

Meanwhile, the break of seven continue to enjoy a lead in excess of five minutes. The peloton have just ridden up and over the Oude Kwaremont where the crowds are spectacular. No one creates noise like the Belgians do.

Men's race - 117km to go : A few more crashes have brought down yet more riders, including Soudal-QuickStep's Davide Ballerini. DSM have tried a curious tactic of slowing the pace down to a crawl before then accelerating, while Israel-Premier Tech are now at the front of proceedings. The break continue to hold an advantage of just over five minutes.

Women's race - 155km to go : the women have just got underway in Oudenaarde.

Yet more crashes in the men's race as Pedersen attacks

Men's race - 113km to go : Today's race has developed into a crash-fest. The latest has involved Magnus Sheffield of Ineos Grenadiers, Dries Van Gestel of TotalEnergies and Tim van Dijke (Jumbo-Visma).

Mads Pedersen has started the attacks from the peloton with a move that seemed to catch many by surprise. Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar) jumped straight onto the former world champion's wheel, with Matteo Trenton of UAE-Team Emirates also shadowing. The first big move to pay attention to.

Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) has abandoned the race as a result of the earlier crash that led to the withdrawal of the Bahrain-Victorious rider who caused it.

Men's race - 105km to go: the peloton have chalked off two minutes of the breakaway's lead, and the action behind is hotting up. Tadej Pogačar is attentive to the attacks, the first of which was from Mads Pedersen, but Wout van Aert is not near the very front.

Women's race - 140km to go: We're still waiting for the first breakaway to form.

Attacks, attacks, attacks

Men's race - 99km to go: A strong-looking group of nine has clipped off the front after the ascent of the Molenberg. It includes Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and former winner Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep). They are two minutes off the breakaway and have a small advantage over the peloton.

Most notably, UAE-Team Emirates are represented by Matteo Trentin and Jumbo-Visma by Nathan van Hooydonck. That means it's Alpecin-Decuninck who will have to chase.

Is the winner in this chase group?

Men's race - 89km to go : This 11-strong group led by Mads Pedersen now has a minute's lead over the peloton, and is closing in on the breakaway up ahead. This has the feel of the winning move.

Included alongside Pedersen is: Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep), Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers), Florian Vermeersch (Lotto-Dstny), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-Citröen), Matteo Trentin (UAE-Team Emirates) and Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma).

Women's race - 130km to go : Despite a few attacks, no-one has been able to build a significant lead and the peloton remain grouped together.

Men's race - 75km to go : the breakaway and the chasers have joined forces to create a mega-group of 19 riders, with Soudal-QuickStep represented by both Kasper Asgreen and Tim Merlier. The peloton are 1-50 behind, with Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogačar, Mathieu van der Poel and Tom Pidcock all sitting at the front.

Women's race - 115km to go: no change, with the peloton still all together.

Men's race - 71km to go: Another crash brings down Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Matej Mohorič (Bahrain-Victorious), while the peloton is now led by Jumbo-Visma. With the Dutch team having Nathan van Hooydonck up front, they have slowed down the speed. Does that mean Wout van Aert's chances are evaporating?

The attack that forced what looks like the race-winning move

Bahrain-Victorious rider apologises for causing pile-up

I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today. I hope all those involved are in good health and safe.This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement. April 2, 2023

Men's race - 59km to go: It looks increasingly unlikely that one of the Big Three will triumph today, and instead the winner will come from the 19-strong group at the head of proceedings. But one of them must attack soon because if not Tim Merlier of Soudal-QuickStep will fancy his chances of winning the bunch sprint.

Women's race - 99km to go: Just like the men's race before it, the women are reluctant to let a break form.

Men's race - 55km to go : Now they've gone! Tadej Pogačar's teammates have set the Slovenian up for a monstrous attack and no-one can follow him! But he still has two minutes to make up to the leading group.

Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert were unable to follow the two-time Tour de France champion's attack, but they, Tom Pidcock, Nils Politt and Christophe Laporte are just 15 seconds behind, working together to try and bridge across to the Slovenian.

Men's race - 51km to go : Kasper Asgreen, winner of this race in 2021, attacked solo from the front of the leading group but was quickly caught. Tadej Pogačar has cut the gap by 30 seconds in just a few kilometres, but the Van Aert-Pidcock-Van der Poel group are just behind.

Men's race - 49km to go: Christophe Laporte has jumped clear from the group of five and has joined forces with Tadej Pogačar who appeared to be slowing down, whether through fatigue or on purpose. It means that Jumbo-Visma now have one rider in the leading group, Laporte with Pogačar and then Wout van Aert just a few seconds adrift.

Women's race - 89km to go: There was a split in the peloton but they are back together. Still a break has not formed. It has been a fast first two hours.

Men's race - 44km to go: The Koppenberg always delivers, and Pogačar, Van Aert and Van der Poel all fly up the steep, cobbled climb as one, putting serious distance into Pidcock and Laporte behind. The trio are just over one minute behind the front group that now numbers 12.

Men's race - 37km to go : The trio of Pogačar, Van der Poel and van Aert are now just 40 seconds behind the lead group of 12, and with the Taaienberg, Kwaremont and Paterberg on the horizon, attacks are going to come from the leading dozen.

Women's race - 80km to go : Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance - Soudal Quick-Step) has enjoyed a solo lead for the past 15km, but it looks likely that her slender lead of 15 seconds will soon be wiped away with the bergs starting to bite.

Men's race - 35km to go : Van der Poel briefly lost ground on the Taaienberg, but the cobbled berg did not produce any further attacks from the trio.

Big attacks with van Aert struggling

Men's race - 28km to go: Mads Pedersen doesn't want to wait and he has gone. He has a small gap of around six or seven seconds and is climbing well on the Kruisberg. His former breakaway companions don't seem too bothered about the former world champion's attack.

Van der Poel, meanwhile, attacks on the same stretch of cobbles and while Pogačar is able to follow, Van Aert is not. Van der Poel and Pogačar have 30 seconds to make up to Pedersen with eight riders sandwiched between.

Women's race - 72km to go: Against expectation, Ally Wollaston's lead has increased from 15 seconds to 50 seconds.

Men's race - 20km to go : Van Hooydonck has dropped from the second group on the road to help pace van Aert back to the front of the race. Van der Poel and Pogačar - who have now caught the remnants of the original lead group - are looking good but Pedersen's lead is remaining stable. He has around 35 seconds to the group behind.

Pogačar attacks and leads after Kwaremont

Men's race - 17km to go : The Kwaremont comes for the final time and Pogačar attacks with fury, finishing off a grand job by his teammate Matteo Trentin who was setting the pace in the chase group. Crucially, van der Poel cannot follow, and within a minute Pogačar catches and passes Pedersen. Wout van Aert, meanwhile, is out of the equation. Pedersen and van der Poel are 11 seconds behind. Just the Paterberg to come.

Men's race - 13km to go: Van Aert has impressively regained touch with the chasing group, but he is some 40 seconds behind Pogačar. Van der Poel is chasing hard after the UAE-Team Emirates rider, but it was going to require a huge collapse from Pogačar on the Paterberg to give van der Poel a chance of the win in Oudenaarde. That did not happen, and with 13km to go it looks increasingly certain that Pogačar will add the cobbled Monument to his collection.

Men's race - 4km to go: Pogačar is going to win. Van der Poel has accepted that second will be his, and the small group behind him will fight it out in the bunch sprint for third.

Women's race - 50km to go : Elinor Barker and Elise Chabbey have joined Wollaston up front. They have a lead of 45 seconds.

Tadej Pogačar wins Tour of Flanders

Men's race - 0km to go : Pogačar triumphs with Van der Poel behind him, and Pedersen gets his reward for a superb ride by winning the sprint for third.

Read our race report here

Women's race - 38km to go: The front of the race is packed out by three riders from SD Worx - defending champion Lotte Kopecky, Lorena Wiebes and Marlen Reusser. They are joined by Silvia Persico (UAE-Team ADQ).

The chase group of 10 is 20 seconds behind, while Annemiek van Vleuten is chasing hard a minute behind after a crash with 50km to go.

One final line to bring you from the men's race: at 44.09kph, it was the fastest ever Ronde . So much for those headwinds, huh!

Women's race - 35km to go : Lorena Wiebes is dropped from the leading group, meaning that Silivia Persico is not so outnumbered now, just having two SD Worx riders (Lotte Kopecky and Marlen Reusser) alongside her.

The chase group, which now numbers 10, is around 20 seconds behind.

Women's race - 30km to go: We still have the Kwaremont and Paterberg to come one final time, and the leading trio's lead has been cut to 10 seconds. SD Worx has two more riders present in the chase group: Lorena Wiebes and Demi Vollering. Former winner Elisa Longo Borginhi is one of three Trek-Segafredo riders.

Women's race - 28km to go: Kopecky flies up the Kruisberg and only Persico is able to keep pace. Reusser is dropped, and all of a sudden the chase group behind is in pieces.

Women's race - 20km to go: Kopecky and Persico continue with a lead of 25 seconds, and behind the chase group has regrouped. Trek-Segafredo are driving the pace hard, but it will come down to the Kwaremont and the Paterberg.

Women's race - 18km to go: Kopecky goes! She attacked at the bottom of the Kwaremont and Persico could do nothing. Kopecky is powering up the climb with apparent ease. Who would bet against a second consecutive title now?

Women's race - 13km to go : Kopecky cruises up and over the Paterberg and now has a lead in excess of 40 seconds. But Persico is battling hard: she will not catch Kopecky, but she is desperate to hold onto second place. Unfortunately for the Italian, she is caught by the chase group on the Paterberg.

Fighting it out for second and third will be the SD Worx duo of Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser, as well as Persico, Shirin van Anrooij (Trek-Segafredo) and Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-Sram)

Women's race - 8km to go : Kopecky's lead has been reduced a little, but with two SD Worx teammates behind in the chase group it seems inconceivable that the Belgian will not win.

Interestingly, Elisa Longo Borghini has caught the second group on the road, meaning we look set for a six-way bunch sprint to determine second and third.

Lotte Kopecky defends title to win Tour of Flanders yet again

Women's race - 0km to go : Kopecky wins her second De Ronde in as many editions, while the fight for second and third goes to Demi Vollering (SD Worx) and Silvia Persico (UAE-Team ADQ), respectively.

It has been a truly extraordinary spring for SD Worx.

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Australian cyclist Jay Vine avoids surgery after Itzulia Basque Country crash but faces six weeks in a neck brace

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Australian cycling star Jay Vine will not have to have surgery on the spine injuries he suffered when falling heavily in a horror crash at the Itzulia Basque Country race .

His UAE Team Emirates medical director Adrian Rotunno reported on Saturday that last year's Tour Down Under winner would remain in hospital and would be in a neck brace for up to six weeks.

After suffering what the team described as "a cervical and two thoracic spine vertebral body fractures" in Thursday's crash in northern Spain, there had been initial fears that the 28-year-old would need an operation.

"After examining MRI and final clinical assessment, thankfully no surgery will be necessary for Jay. The fractures are stable enough not to warrant surgical correction," Rotunno said in a team statement.

"Jay will remain in hospital over the following days to allow for ongoing observations and further recovery. He will be in a neck brace for up to six weeks but will be able to start with general body rehab from next week."

Vine looked to have come off worst of the dozen who fell in the mass crash that caused serious injuries to other luminaries, including double Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard and double world champion Remco Evenepoel.

After the Canberra rider had slid at high speed on a descent into a concrete ditch at the side of a road, he lay motionless while being treated and TV pictures left his wife Bre, a former cyclist herself, fearing the worst .

But she said Vine was a fighter who would bounce back from a setback that may have completely scuppered his Olympic hopes for 2024.

The accident left few with any appetite for the rest of the week-long race, but the show had to go on, with Spain's Juan Ayuso taking overall victory on Saturday's sixth and final stage around Eibar.

Ayuso, the rising star of Spanish cycling, started the stage just four seconds behind overnight leader Mattias Skjelmose, but ended up winning by 42 seconds over stage winner Carlos Rodríguez.

Denmark's Skjelmose completed the podium.

The leading Australian was 2022 Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley, who finished 12th, 3 minutes and 19 seconds adrift of Ayuso.

In the day's other big race, the Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hell of the North over the cobbles was won by women's world champion Lotte Kopecky, who prevailed in a sprint in the famed Roubaix velodrome from five rivals.

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) was second while Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) pipped the great Marianne Vos (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) for third.

Canyon/SRAM Racing's Tiffany Cromwell was the first Australian home in 24th.

The men's race takes place on Sunday with Mathieu van der Poel out to retain his title and make it a golden double after winning last week's Tour of Flanders.

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B elgian rider Wout van Aert said on Thursday he was "disappointed" to miss this year's Giro d'Italia due to the injuries suffered during last month's Around Flanders crash.

Van Aert sustained a broken collarbone, sternum and ribs as well as damaging a lung in the one-day race on March 27.

The 29-year-old missed the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix but could return in time for this summer's Olympic Games in Paris.

"A lot of injuries are quite good at the moment but my ribs are still a limiting factor," Van Aert said on his team, Visma Lease a Bike's social media accounts.

"It's a big shame. I'm really disappointed to miss my second big goal of the season but at this moment I need to prioritise my health and I need to give my body the time to recover," he added.

Van Aert had hoped to make his debut on the Giro, which starts on May 4, with his team having claimed a clean sweep of the three Grand Tours last year.

His role as 'road manager' during races makes him Visma's highest paid rider alongside two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard.

Van Aert, a three-time world cyclo-cross champion, is a leading contender for the gold medal in the individual time trial and the 273km road race at the Olympics.

"At this point I cannot train at all," Van Aert said.

"I'm trying to do my first pedal strokes on the bike but not enough to be able to train and that's why we made the decision to not start in the Giro d'Italia," the nine-time Tour de France stage winner added.

Visma said Frenchman Christophe Laporte will replace Van Aert in the Giro.

Van Aert's crash during Around Flanders fuelled debate about the sport's safety.

Last week, Dane Vingegaard also suffered lung damage as he crashed during the Tour of the Basque country.

Giro champion Primoz Roglic and 2022 Vuelta winner Remco Evenepoel were also hurt during the race in northern Spain.

Vingegaard and Evenepoel now face a race against time to be fit for the Tour, which starts on June 29.

Following the collisions, the president of the French professional cyclists' union called on the world governing body, the UCI, to take responsibility for making the sport a safer place.

"Do we have to wait for the umpteenth death?" Pascal Chanteur told AFP on Friday.

"For a rider to have both legs cut off and lose his life, so that people become aware?

"If that's the idea, we're not far off."

Wout van Aert is also a three-time world cyclo-cross champion

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The Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard, was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone after a serious crash on stage four of the Itzulia Basque Country.

Vingegaard also suffered several broken ribs from the high-speed accident that also included Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic among a group of 12 affected riders. “It was a nasty crash, but fortunately he is stable and conscious. He remains in hospital as a precaution. Thank you for all your messages,” Vingegaard’s team Visma-Lease a Bike said in a statement.

Six riders went to hospital after the incident, including the Australian Jay Vine, who was diagnosed with a fractured cervical vertebra and two fractures in his thoracic spine. “Fortunately, there were no neurological problems and there are no other serious injuries or skull injuries,” Vine’s UAE Team Emirates said in a statement.

Evenepoel’s team Soudal-QuickStep revealed the Belgian must undergo surgery on a fractured collarbone and fractured scapula. Roglic was the least affected of the big-name trio involved and he headed for the team car having received medical attention. The incident took place when the peloton was descending around a tight right-hand bend with less than 40km of the stage to go, one riding sliding out of the road and on to the bank, sparking a chain reaction as more followed.

The race was then neutralised until the finish, with only the six riders who had been at the front being allowed to sprint for the finish to try to win the stage, victory eventually going to the underwhelmed South African Louis Meintjes, who admitted it was a hollow triumph.

“It’s a sad day. I wish all the guys who crashed all the best and wish them a fast recovery,” Mattias Skjelmose, who took the overall race lead from Roglic, said at the finish. “My mind is with the guys who crashed, and right now I am not thinking about the leader’s jersey.”

Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023 but with this year’s event starting on 29 June, doubt now hangs over his ability to defend his crown.

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