A major setback for Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe and Primoz Roglic in the first rest day of the Tour de France as Aleksandr Vlasov suffered a broken ankle after his crash on Sunday and had to leave the race.
Vlasov crashed on a paved road in a stage full of gravel sections and ended up in a ditch at high speed. The 28-year-old rider was clearly in pain, but got back on.
“Somehow, he gets back on his bike and he gets going again.” 👏
This was a NASTY fall at high speed from Aleksandr Vlasov!
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The Russian rider was able to return to the group of Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic. He seemed to escape unscathed, but today his team announced that he suffered a fracture to his ankle.
Vlasov is only the fourth abandon in this Tour de France, after Michele Gazzoli (Astana Qazaqstan), Casper Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step) and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).
