European champ Marianne Vos (Waowdeals) will certainly miss a month of auto racing after collapsing in Liège-Bastogne-Li ège on Sunday and fracturing her collarbone. The Dutch motorcyclist had successful surgical procedure to fix the break and will be restricted to indoor training for the coming weeks.
I won'’ t be racing during the following 4 weeks, which suggests I will have to miss out on the GP Elsy Jacobs, Trofee Maarten Wijnants and the Wielerfestival Aalburg, the Waowdeals leader said.
The elevation training which I had actually intended throughout the second half of May doesn'’ t appear to be jeopardised. It is anticipated that I can pick up where I left off someplace in June. It'’ s disappointing that things wear'’ t go as planned I was well alleviating right into the rate – however the good news is, the season is still long.
Vos defined the incident, which occurred in the core of the race with just over 20km to go.
It was going hard in the run-up to the next climb, the Roche-Aux-Faucons as everyone wished to be well placed, Vos stated.
There was an accident on the left-side of the road in a brief descent.read about it here from Our Articles I got on the opposite and saw Jeanne (Korevaar) take a tumble in a soft turn to the right. The group was surprised that made me crash and roll-over, landing on my right-hand side.
Vos got an extra bike from the team vehicle, finishing the race in 56th location, 6:24 behind victor Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans), yet recognized something was wrong as she had difficulty pulling on the handlebars.
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After the race, I had an examination in the group bus, after which I went to the healthcare facility in Maastricht for a check where the fracture was validated. I then had surgery at a specialist in Amersfoort.
The treatment went effectively – it'’ s wonderful that individuals wanted to assist so rapidly. I need to unwind for a couple of days. Relying on the discomfort, I can then meticulously begin training on the Tacx.