BARCELONA, 24 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar begins the recovery of his left hand on Tuesday after being operated on Sunday in Belgium for a fracture in the scaphoid that occurred in the fall during the Liège-Bastoña-Liège, ‘Monument’ that he could not finish.
Pogacar, winner this April of the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and La Flecha Wallonne, was unable to storm the fourth ‘Monument’ of the season due to a fall 174 kilometers from the finish line, in which the driver was also involved. Danish Mikkel Frolich Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost).
“Pogacar’s surgery on the scaphoid was a success and he will travel home this Tuesday for recovery and rehabilitation,” said UAE Team Emirates in the last medical report of the Slovenian two-time Tour de France winner.
Precisely, the gala round is the great objective for ‘Pogi’. In his plans, it was planned to run the Tour of Slovenia, in mid-June, in preparation for the 2023 Tour de France. This operation and subsequent recovery could change the plans.
And it is that the fall in Liège left him with fractures in the left scaphoid and in the semilunar bone, solved in this operation in Genk (Belgium). The cyclist, leaving the hospital, made the victory sign in an image provided by his team, to which he has given two victories so far in 2023.