Successful surgery for Tony Martin
Having become the 15th yellow jersey to abandon in 102 editions of the Tour de France after crashing in the finale of stage 6, Tony Martin has undergone successful surgery for his fractured left-collarbone. Having been helped across the line by his Etixx-Quick Step teammates, Martin vowed to continue the race but post-stage x-ray's confirmed the German's injury was worst case scenario.
"Unfortunately, the collarbone is a lateral fracture," team doctor Helge Riepenhof said after the x-ray. "The collarbone is in lots of pieces, so it was a major impact. One of the pieces came through the skin, which means it's an open fracture. Therefore, even if it was Tony's wish to start tomorrow, I have to say he is not allowed to."
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Martin immediately left the race to head home to Germany, undergoing surgery early this morning.
"I would like to thank all the people involved in my transportation to the hospital and the medical staff in Hamburg” Martin says. “They were all amazing and they allowed me to undergo surgery in such a short time after the crash. In these situations time is an important factor and we couldn’t have done better. I wish good luck to my team and to all the riders busy at the Tour," Martin in a release from his team.
"I will follow the race on TV today from the hospital. It will be strange but that’s life and cycling. I have to try to see the glass half full and keep the good memories. I had a great first part of the Tour with a great team around me. I won a stage and wore the yellow jersey for the first time in my career. A dream came true during this Tour and now I’m already looking forward to coming back one day again and living the great emotions of this race."
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