A final decision on Nacer Bouhanni’s participation in the Tour de France will not be taken until Friday afternoon but the Frenchman struck an optimistic note about his prospects after descending from the rostrum at the pre-race presentation in Utrecht’s Lepenlenburg Park on Thursday evening.
Bouhanni was a faller in the finale of the French Championships at the weekend and in the immediate aftermath of the race posted a tweet stating that he would be forced to miss the Tour. A series of x-rays the following day confirmed that he had not sustained broken ribs as originally feared however, and he travelled to the Netherlands with the rest of his Cofidis teammates as planned.
“It’s getting better and better,” Bouhanni said on Thursday. “I gave myself a big fright because I thought I was going to have to miss the Tour because of that crash. But once I did all the x-rays, I was more positive and I just hope it keeps getting better day-by-day.
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I feel that my condition is improving. I’ll take the final decision tomorrow [Friday], but my feeling is that it’s a lot better now.”
In terms of symptoms, however, there is often little discernible difference between the effects of a bruised rib and a broken one, and Bouhanni admitted that he still felt some pain with deep breathing.
“It’s my side that hurts, the road rash is fine,” he explained. “When I breathe, I still feel a little discomfort, but it’s a lot less than earlier in the week.”
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