2023-07-01 21:26:41
By Le Figaro
Posted 22 minutes ago, Just Updated
If he was able to finish the day’s stage, Richard Carapaz will not start the second on Sunday. BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS
Victim of a fall this Saturday, during the first stage, the Ecuadorian rider suffered from a fracture of the left kneecap.
The Tour de France is already over for Richard Carapaz. Victim of a fall in the penultimate difficulty of the first stage of the Grande Boucle, won this Saturday by the British Adam Yates, Ecuadorian leader of EF reached the finish line in Bilbao, unlike his companion of misfortune, the Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar). However, he will not start the second stage on Sunday (Vitoria-San Sebastian, 209 km).
The former Olympic champion (2021) and winner of the Tour of Italy (2019) suffers from a “small left patella fracture“, as indicated by his team on Saturday evening. “He had also needed three stitches to close the cut on the same knee. Richard suffered no other injuries in the accident and will return home to begin his recovery“, we specify. Richard Carapaz, 30, was taking part in the Tour de France for the third time. He finished 13th in 2020 and third in 2021.
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