Robert Gesink now focuses on Vuelta: ‘Expect a fairly quick recovery’ | Tour de France

sport">The veteran suffered a fracture two years ago in Liège-Bastogne-Liège in almost the same place. “The whole thing was then secured with a plate. Now there is a break at the end of that picture,” said Gesink a day after his crash in the Tour. “So it goes out and something else probably comes in. I expect the recovery to be quite quick. Other than that I don’t really have any pain. But it is broken, so I can’t cycle any further. It’s worthless that it ended in one go, after so many months of working towards this goal with dedication and dedication in other areas. It takes a few days to process that, but then I move on. The Vuelta a España is the next goal, I’m going to work towards that.”

sport">Gesink crashed early in the stage, because former Tour winner Geraint Thomas crashed just before him. “He rolled over the width of the road, like a kind of goalkeeper lying in his goal. His bike was on the left, he on the right. I had nowhere to go. I tried to jump over him, but I couldn’t. I flipped over and broke the last tip of my collarbone.” Gesink later received a message from Thomas with an apology. “But he couldn’t help it either.”

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