Tour de France 2022 LIVE: Stage 15 updates after Jonas Vingegaard recovers from crash
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Jumbo-Visma's Steven Kruijswijk out of Tour de France after suffering horror shoulder injury
Steven Kruijswijk is out of the Tour de France after suffering a horror injury of Stage 15. The Jumbo-Visma rider went down with 60km to go in an incident also involving Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM). Ad/> The accident looked severe enough for Wout van Aert to stop and check on his fallen team-mate, who appeared in great distress as he clutched his right arm in what looked like a bad shoulder injury.
Tour de France: Jumbo-Visma's Frans Maassen reveals extent of Primoz Roglic injury which saw saw him abandon Tour
Jumbo-Visma Sport Director Frans Maassen has explained that Primoz Roglic abandoning the Tour de France was because he was «suffering a lot». Roglic took the decision to pull out of the race ahead of Stage 15 «to allow my injuries to heal» following a crash on Stage 5. Ad/> Speaking ahead of the Stage, Maassen described the difficulties Roglic was having and intimated that the decision came from above rather than from the rider himself.
'I find it very strange' - Primoz Roglic's decision to abandon Tour de France and teammate Jonas Vingegaard questioned
Primoz Roglic’s decision to abandon this year’s Tour de France has led to raised eyebrows, not least from Eurosport’s Breakaway team. The Jumbo-Visma rider took the decision to pull out of the race ahead of Stage 15 ‘to allow my injuries to heal’ following a crash on Stage 5. Ad/> It is expected that the Slovenian will focus on his recovery ahead of the Vuelta a Espana in August as he looks to win the General Classification for a fourth year in a row.
Tour de France 2022 LIVE: Stage 15 route updates today as Jonas Vingegaard leads standings
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Primoz Roglic withdraws from Tour de France
Primoz Roglic, the 2020 Tour de France runner-up, did not start Sunday’s 15th stage of the 21-stage event.
'I need to let my injuries heal' - Primoz Roglic withdraws from the Tour de France, Magnus Cort also out
Primoz Roglic has made the decision to withdraw from the Tour de France ahead of the start of Stage 15. Roglic suffered a nasty fall on Stage 5 from Lille to Arenberg, colliding with a hay bale in an incident that left him with excruciating back pain. Ad/> The Slovenian carried on bravely through the Alps section of the race, fulfilling a critical role in getting Jumbo-Visma team-mate Jonas Vingegaard into the yellow jersey on Stage 11.