The Belgian fell 67 kilometers from the finish on Wednesday and had to be evacuated on a stretcher.
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Screams of pain and cries that we don’t like to hear. Favorite on “A Travers la Flanders”, Wout van Aert was caught in a big fall on Wednesday March 27, and had to be evacuated from the race on a stretcher, in tears and with his shorts torn. 67 kilometers from the finish, the Belgian from Team Visma-Lease a Bike fell with other riders in a turn taken at full speed. Very quickly, Wout van Aert was writhing in pain on the road and was unable to get up to get into his sports director’s car.
Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), two other favorites were also forced to abandon following this fall. Mads Pedersen, winner of Ghent-Wevelgem three days ago, and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) also fell but were able to restart shortly after. At the finish, Visma-Lease a Bike consoled itself with the victory of Matteo Jorgenson, who took advantage of the help of his teammate Tiesj Benoot, to deceive the vigilance of his opponents.
For the Belgian, the problems keep coming, five days after having already encountered E3.“Unfortunately, Wout van Aert suffered several fractures in the crash on Across Flanders today. A broken collarbone and several equally broken ribs were diagnosed in hospital. The length of his recovery is uncertain. He will be sadly missed. sure the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and the Amstel Gold Race”, communicated his team on social networks. Nothing says at the moment if he will be able to hold his place in the Tour of Italy which he is supposed to compete for the first time in his career.
