Tour de France: Dutch Rider Crash Threatens Participation - Archysport

Cycling star Mathieu van der Poel is struggling with a hand injury just weeks before the start of the 112th Tour de France. The 30-year-old Dutchman suffered a minor fracture of the navicular bone in his wrist after two falls at the Mountain Bike World Cup in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, his team announced.

Tour de France: Dutch Rider Crash Threatens Participation - Archysport

Star Cyclist Mathieu van der Poel‘s Hand Injury Casts Shadow Over Tour de France Hopes grinding: Profimedia MORAVIA, Czech Republic – Mathieu van der Poel, the cycling phenom, suffered a hand injury at the Mountain Bike World Cup in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech republic, throwing his tour de France preparation into turmoil. Alpecin-deceuninck, Van der Poel’s team, announced on social media that the dutch superstar sustained a scaphoid fracture i…

Bike star Mathieu van der Poel crashes twice at the World Mountainbike Cup in the Czech Republic. And falls out for the first time. Possibly also at the Tour de France?

Bike star Mathieu van der Poel crashes twice at the World Mountainbike Cup in the Czech Republic. And falls out for the first time. Possibly also at the Tour de France?

Mathieu van der Poel's preparation for the Tour de France has been disrupted. This is due to his fall on Sunday during the mountain bike world cup in the Czech Nove Mesto. Van der Poel broke a bone in his wrist. His team Alpecin-Deceuninck announced this on Monday. The injury requires patience and careful handling, the team doctor said. He does not yet know when Van der Poel will be allowed to train again. That depends on how much pain the team …