Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) crashed on stage 3 of the boys’s race on the Tour Down Below, hitting the deck together with no less than 4 different riders at about ten kilometres to go on the quick downhill run towards the road in Campbelltown.
He managed to climb again on his bike, along with his package ripped to shreds alongside the left hand aspect, revealing intensive patches of grazed and bloody pores and skin on his shoulder pores and skin and again. His proper fingers have been additionally coated in blood.
His Jayco-AlUla staff rapidly put out an replace on social media saying: “Not the best day with a really unlucky quick crash for Australian champion Plapp within the closing 10km. He managed to complete the stage however with a lot of pores and skin misplaced.”
“Bike owner are TOUGH”
The staff later instructed media in an announcement that “Plapp has been seen by the onsite medical staff on the end line. Many superficial wounds, swollen elbow and ankle. He will not journey to hospital. We are going to monitor him in a single day and make an evaluation tomorrow earlier than the stage.”
Even when Plapp can be a part of his teammates initially tomorrow’s stage he’s now effectively out of the GC race, coming over the road 9:53 behind race winner Sam Welsford (Bora-Hansgrohe).
The rider was one of many in-form Jayco-AlUla groups key rider, with final yr’s runner-up Simon Yates main the staff, whereas Plapp and Chris Harper supplied choices alongside him.
Cameron Scott (Bahrain Victorious), one of many key leadout riders for Phil Bauhaus, was additionally concerned within the crash and crossed the road greater than 11 minutes down. The distinctive blue of the Astana Qazaqstan staff was distinguished within the publish crash pictures, with the staff saying three riders have been concerned.
The staff mentioned on social media that: “All our riders completed the stage. We might be ready for the medical replace on [Christian] Scaroni, [Samuele] Battistella and [Michele] Gazzoli.”
Scaroni was the primary of the trio to cross the road however nonetheless misplaced 6:26 on the stage, taking his GC deficit to six:37.
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