Jay Vine traces out on the Vuelta a Burgos on Monday, marking his return to competitors for the primary time since he was significantly injured within the mass crash at Itzulia Basque Country in April.
The five-day Vuelta a Burgos is the important thing build-up race for the Vuelta a España, and the sector contains Sepp Kuss, Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike), Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek).
The Australian suffered a number of fractures to his vertebrae within the crash, together with a cervical fracture and two thoracic backbone vertebral physique fractures.
Vine was certainly one of quite a few riders injured within the mass crash on the descent of the Olaeta on stage 4 of Itzulia Basque Country, with Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic and Steff Cras additionally among the many fallers.
Although Vine didn’t require surgical procedure to deal with his damage, his rehabilitation was prolonged. He was cleared to start light rides outside on the finish of May, however he was solely permitted to experience on descents once more from the start of July.
On Monday, UAE Team Emirates confirmed that Vine would race this week’s Vuelta a Burgos, the place Rafal Majka leads the group.
“I’m actually excited to be racing the Vuelta Burgos, my first race again,” Vine mentioned.
“I’m trying ahead to be getting again into the peloton with the blokes and again into the swing of issues once more. It’s been a reasonably tough previous 4 months and I’ve missed out on numerous racing however I’m hoping to return to my greatest and again to normality.”
Vine had been scheduled to experience the Giro d’Italia in 2024 in help of Tadej Pogačar. It it not but identified if he’ll now line out on the Vuelta a España.
The UAE Team Emirates squad in Burgos is accomplished by Igor Arrieta, Finn Fisher Black, Alvaro Hodeg and Duarte Marivoet, who has been promoted from the event group for the event.