The medical report on stage 10 of the Tour de France had Wout van Aert down as having “contusions left elbow and forearm” after crashing on a corner, with the damage bad enough that the Visma-Lease a Bike headed to the medical van after the stage to check for fractures.
The news was positive, in a year where the outcome of crashes has at times been devastating for the rider who had his early season plans upended by the consequences of coming down at Dwars door Vlaanderen in March.
“It was my own mistake, I overcooked the corner,” said Van Aert, who fortunately didn’t take any other riders with him. “I was really not aware it was so tight and then I crashed quite hard on the sidewalk.
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