Ethan Hayter has suffered one other setback within the type of one other damaged collarbone on the Critérium du Dauphiné, throwing into doubt his possibilities of a Tour de France debut this summer time.
The Ineos Grenadiers rider hit the deck with round 75km to go on the opening stage of the French race, which passed off in soaking moist circumstances.
He was taken to hospital, the place it was revealed he had fractured his left clavicle, or collarbone. In response to the staff, he additionally suffered a head affect that required minor stitching and highway rash on the hip, knee, and elbows on the left facet of his physique.
“Ongoing staff medical evaluation and coverings will likely be deliberate accordingly over the approaching days,” learn a press release from the staff.
It’s unclear at this stage how lengthy Hayter will likely be out of motion. Collarbone fractures can take as much as six weeks to heal, whereas some minor breaks take far much less time. It was not confirmed whether or not Hayter’s fracture would require surgical procedure.
The Tour de France begins in just below 4 weeks’ time, on Saturday June 1. Hayter, who was on Ineos’ long-list, will miss the remainder of the Dauphiné however might keep some type on his dwelling coach, though it is nonetheless an enormous ask to get better the harm sufficiently to race in that timeframe.
Hayter suffered the identical harm on the Cadel Evans Nice Ocean Highway Race firstly of February, forcing him to overlook the European Monitor Championships after which experience an altered spring programme with none Classics.
The 24-year-old, who additionally broke a collarbone on the 2019 Tour de l’Avenir, bounced again to experience the Volta a Catalunya after which win levels at Itzulia Basque Nation and the Tour de Romandie.
In Could he attended a coaching camp in Tenerife with a big chunk of Ineos Grenadiers’ potential Tour de France squad, having solely ridden one Grand Tour since turning skilled in 2020 – that being final 12 months’s Vuelta which he needed to abandon by means of COVID-19.
The Dauphiné is the principle warm-up race for the Tour, with Egan Bernal and Daniel Martínez in motion for Ineos, alongside Jonathan Castroviejo, Carlos Rodríguez, Omar Fraile and Ben Turner.
