'He can barely walk' - Primoz Roglic in 'quite some pain' after Vuelta crash, says Jumbo-Visma team-mate

Primoz Roglic can “barely walk” after the heavy crash that ended his hopes of a fourth-straight Vuelta title, Jumbo-Visma team-mate Mike Teunissen revealed ahead of Stage 17. The Slovenian contrived to bizarrely crash in the sprint tear-up on Tuesday as he fought for victory and bonus seconds, just minutes after his sensational attack saw him open up a gap on his GC rivals. Ad Although he remounted to cross the finish wounded and bloodied, he abandoned ahead of Wednesday’s run to Monasterio de Tentudia.

Vuelta a EspañaFroome backs Roglic to return 'with more motivation' from horror Vuelta crashAN HOUR AGO Teunissen said that Roglic apologised to his team-mates before pulling out of the race. “After the finish he looked quite devastated,” he said. “Back in the hotel, you could see it had more impact than everyone had thought, also mentally of course.

So we were already quite uncertain about it. “Then this morning we got the news that it was too bad, he can barely walk and already went to hospital. Physically and also mentally it must be really hard for him.” Froome backs Roglic to return 'with more motivation' from horror Vuelta crash Evenepoel says he wouldn't 'fake such things' amid puncture debate Teunissen continued: “He came to breakfast to say that he was in quite some pain and that he had to leave the Vuelta.

He was kind of apologising but we said that’s totally not necessary. “For him it must be the biggest disappointment and not the first one of course. So it’s really a big shame for everyone, but mainly for him and his family.