Tour de France adventure is over for Tony Martin (30). Overall leader in the race overturned on Thursday’s leg and suffered a fracture of the collarbone.
– Very sad
damage makes Martin must relinquish the yellow jersey and leave the race. It confirms Etixx-Quickstep rider at a news conference Thursday night.
– I am very sad. It makes me really sad to topple the yellow jersey and finish the race this way. On the other hand I am also pleased teammate min, Zdenek Styb, who won, says Martin to TV 2.
– I would keep the jersey for a few days, and also fight (for the win) in the team time trial. Now I see the race from the hospital. It makes me sad.
Martin now flies to Hamburg where he will be operated for an open collar bone fracture.
– collarbone in many pieces. It was a powerful impact. One of the pieces came through the skin, which means it is an open fracture. Therefore, although there were Tonys want to start tomorrow, I must say that he is not allowed. The riders will always run. Especially Tony, says Helge laglege Riepenhof in a statement.
– He needs surgery right away, and that’s why we go to the hospital now. We gotcha collarbone there. He is already on antibiotics. It is a serious situation, therefore we can not risk anything. Therefore he starts not tomorrow (Friday).
overturned shortly before finishing
Team Sky Captain Chris Froome, who had to Settle with Vincenzo Nibali after Velten, starting Friday leg as new Tour leader.
Martin ran into the yellow jersey after a brilliant solo victory on the fourth stage. But having defended the jersey of the two subsequent stages, it is now finally for the rider, who goes by the name Bonnet carriage.
It went wrong with one kilometer left on stage to Le Havre. Martin hooked in the rear wheel of a Europcar rider and went with him among others Nibali, Nairo Quintana, Warren Barguil and Tejay Van Garderen. However, it was only Martin who sustain serious injuries in rollover.
This is the second time Martin must break the Tour de France. In 2012, the 30-year-old involved in a rollover on the first leg and later had to abandon the race with a broken wrist.
Without Martin, which is three times world champion on pace, the team deteriorates naturally chances Etixx-Quickstep at Sunday’s team time trial stage.
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