After his fall in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Tadej Pogacar embarked despite himself in a time trial with a view to participating in the Tour de France. A lesser evil for Pogi, who considers himself lucky to be injured only in the wrist. The Slovenian reacted Monday to his fall, 80 terminals after the start.
“Well, sometimes it sucks. I’m lucky it was just a broken wrist, considering the crazy accident that happened,” explained the two-time Tour de France winner (2020, 2021) in a short text accompanying the broadcast on his Instagram account. photos showing him smiling with his left forearm completely in a cast.
The cyclist, who suffered fractures to the left scaphoid and the semilunar bone of the left hand, underwent surgery in Belgium on Sunday. “I hope to see you all again very soon,” he added, without further details on the duration of his recovery.
He is also concerned about the health of Dane Mikkel Honoré, who fell with him at high speed on Sunday after 85 km of racing and who “had a much harder fall than mine”.
Pogacar congratulates Evenepoel
The abandonment of the 24-year-old Slovenian rider, who was aiming for a hat-trick in the Ardennes classics after winning the Amstel Gold Race and the Flèche wallonne, deprived the race of a long-awaited explanation with the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who is imposed on Sunday in Liège for the second consecutive year. “Congratulations to Remco for the victory, our battle will wait for the next time”, concluded Tadej Pogacar.
This injury comes just over two months before the start of the Tour de France that Pogacar, sparkling since the start of the season, hopes to regain after finishing second behind Dane Jonas Vingegaard in 2022.