Steff Cras has participated in one of the numerous crashes that occurred on Stage 1 of this year’s Tour de France. The Belgian reached the finish line over 13 minutes behind the winner, barely meeting the time limit. From then on, he struggled with severe back pain, which made his task significantly more difficult during the next days of competition.
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There were bruises on his back. Both Cras and his team felt the pain was caused by them. In the 9th stage of this year’s Tour de France, however, the pain turned out to be too strong for the Belgian to finish the competition, so he and the team decided to withdraw from further driving.
Cras was taken for an X-ray immediately afterwards to see exactly what was causing the pain. The doctor’s diagnosis, however, was astonishing – the Belgian competed with the broken lumbar vertebrae, which he reported on social media by publishing an x-ray. – L5 broken vertebrae caused back pain after Stage 1 of the Tour de France. I am happy that I already know the cause of the pain. I will fight to come back as soon as possible – added the Belgian.
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