Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) has deserted Paris-Great all over Saturday’s penultimate degree after crashing out with 50km to move.
The Danish rider was once mendacity 3rd total, 59 seconds off race chief Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Hire A Motorbike), heading into the day, a truncated degree from Great to Auron.
He was once anticipated to be some of the contenders for the win at Auron, a 7.3km, 7% climb to near out the 109km degree.
On the other hand, with 51km to run, and with the rain falling, he hit a divider in the course of the street and went down arduous on his left-hand aspect.
Skjelmose remained desk bound at the street for a while after the autumn as he was once tended to by means of medics. He was once later reportedly taken away in an ambulance because the degree persisted.
Lidl-Trek posted an replace on social media quickly after the abandon.
“Mattias Skjelmose is forced to abandon after crashing into some road furniture,” the group wrote. “He is currently being transported to hospital in an ambulance. We will update when we know more about his condition.”
Because of Skjelmose’s abandon, Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) strikes up into provisional 3rd position at 1:20 down.