Romain Bardet (Picnic PostNL) has deserted the Volta ao Algarve after a crash on stage 3, showing to injure his arm.
The French veteran appeared to get entangled with teammate Romain Combaud in a crash with 23km to go. Combaud was pretty swiftly again on his ft, however Bardet took longer to rise up, helped by medical workers.
Although he initially acquired on a spare bike, Bardet didn’t proceed racing as he was checked over. The crew introduced on social media that “to be protected with regard to his future well being” the Frenchman would go away the race.
Bardet was making his debut on the race and was fourth on GC on the time, after ending fourth on yesterday’s summit end at Alto da Fóia.
The 34-year-old, within the twilight of his profession, had focused this 12 months’s Giro d’Italia for his closing Grand Tour earlier than his deliberate retirement from highway racing halfway by means of this season. His closing highway look was scheduled for the Critérium du Dauphiné, on residence roads, earlier than he switches his consideration to gravel racing.
