Blessé, Ben O’Connor ne prendra pas le départ demain... 😞 Mais la saison n'est pas finie! Prochain objectif 🔜 @lavuelta 💪 Injured, @ben_oconnor95 will not race tomorrow...😞 But the season is not over! Next objective 🔜 la Vuelta 💪 #AG2RCITROËNTEAM #TDF2022 - © KBLB
Ben O’Connor withdraws from Tour de France due to injury -"I pulled my glute muscle, so I am more or less riding with one leg"
CyclingMonday, 11 July 2022 at 16:50
Ben O’Connor will not start the tenth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday. AG2R Citroën Team confirmed the news via social media. The Australian rider suffered from a muscular lesion of the right gluteus medius when he crashed in the second stage in Denmark.
Ben continued his tour despite his fall, but it seems the injury has worsened over time. “I have been fighting this glute injury for a couple of days, but it got even worse yesterday. So…I think it was the stage to Lausanne. I pulled my glute muscle, so I am more or less riding with one leg. These chronic sharp pains that I get make it pretty impossible for me to continue the race,” said O'Connor.
After his disappointment in the tour, he will focus on Vuelta a España. “I’m obviously upset. It’s the Tour de France. It’s the biggest race of the year. It’s the race that we all aim for, it’s the one that we prepare all year, and we clearly came here with big objectives. Our heads turn pretty quickly to La Vuelta. I mean it was always on my calendar and I hope there I can fulfill the role that I dreamt of here at the Tour de France, but actually this time in La Vuelta,” concluded O’Connor.
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