More than one crashes within the ultimate kilometres of the boys’s Vintage Brugge-De Panne on Wednesday took an important toll, with numerous groups handing over updates on rider accidents into the night time.
Lotto’s Lionel Taminiaux, who have been anticipated to race the E3 Saxo Vintage on Friday, was once amongst the ones toughest hit and likewise wasn’t the one rider from his staff to fall.
“In one of the crashes today in Brugge-De Panne, Jasper De Buyst and Lionel Taminiaux were involved,” mentioned Lotto on social media. “Jasper mainly suffered abrasions from his crash. Lionel is worse off – he has a collapsed lung and a broken rib and will spend the night in the hospital.”
Cofidis riders Damien Touzé, Milan Fretin and Piet Allegaert additionally fell in some of the previous crashes and whilst the injuries on Fretin and Allegaert have been obviously visual and kits ripped the trio of Cofidis riders have been amongst those that in the end made it over the road.
So did Edward Theuns, who ultimate week received at Bredene Koksijde Vintage. Lidl-Trek mentioned that additional examinations would disclose the level of his accidents even though the rider who’s scheduled to race Gent-Wevelgem this weekend did ship an replace on social media.
“Nothing broken (I think), but a lot of wounds,” mentioned Theuns in an Instagram put up. “Let’s try to heal well and see what the coming days will bring…”
Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek) after crossing the road at Vintage Brugge-De Panne (Symbol credit score: Getty Photographs)
One of the crucial favourites, Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep), did not end as whilst the Eu champion were given throughout the previous crashes and appeared like he would be capable to problem within the decreased team dash in the end an unpleasant fall at a cut up within the highway at simply over 1km to head introduced down numerous riders.
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Gent-Wevelgem this weekend and the Excursion of Flanders subsequent, have been the following races Merlier was once anticipated to line up at prior to taking up Scheldeprijs and Paris-Roubaix.
It was once additionally a tricky day trip for 22-year-old Huub Artz (Intermarché Wanty) who was once racing his first WorldTour match, with the staff announcing that each Gerben Thijssen, who rode thru to the end, and Artz, who did not get to pass the road, have been heading to health facility for exams.
Visma-Hire a Motorbike’s Olav Kooij additionally hit the bottom however in line with his staff “the damage seems to be limited to abrasions”.
“There are still some big goals ahead for him, so we’ll have to see how he recovers from this crash,” said sports director Grischa Niermann in a Visma-Lease a Bike media statement.
The Vintage Brugge-De Panne Girls is on Thursday March 27.
