Giant-Alpecin's Tom Dumoulin was forced to abandon the Tour de France during stage 19 following a crash on route to the finish in Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc on Friday. Cyclingnews spoke with the team's doctor outside the x-ray truck following the stage, and he confirmed a broken radius bone. His participation at the Olympic Games could be in question.
"Tom has fractured his radius in his left forearm," said team physician Stephan Jacolino in a statement sent out by the team later in the day. "It's a clean fracture and further examinations have shown no additional fracture of the wrist joint, which is good news. Tom will have further tests in the Netherlands to determine if surgery is required to stabilise the fracture and to make a treatment plan."
Dumoulin crashed with roughly 90km into the day's 146km stage from Albertville to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc. It is unclear how the crash happened, however, video footage showed him laying on the ground tangled up with a rider from Dimension Data.
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Dumoulin quickly stood up but it was apparent that there was a serious injury as he was holding his wrist in pain. Within a few minutes, his team vehicle arrived and Dumoulin climbed in the car abandoning the race altogether.
When Cyclingnews spoke with Giant-Alpecin's doctor after the stage, he said Dumoulin will need 44 days for full recovery. The Olympic Games is still a 'maybe', however. Dumoulin was then transported to hospital for a full evaluation.
"It's a huge setback," Dumoulin said in the team statement. "After the crash I instantly knew it was bad news. Luckily it is a clean fracture. As a precaution I have a cast but I can't ride a bike with it. If I need to keep this for two weeks, then my participation in Rio will be difficult.
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