Medical Report and Fines - Tour de France 2022 stage 8

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Sunday, 10 July 2022 at 08:43
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Today's stage of the Tour de France saw the peloton control the breakaway in order to fight for the stage win, as Jumbo-Visma and Team BikeExchange - Jayco reeled in the three-rider move and saw Wout van Aert and Michael Matthews go head to head in an uphill sprint in Lausanne - to the advantage of the Belgian rider who extended his lead in the green jersey.

It was a day which saw a mass crash near it's beginning which caused several casualties. There were two riders abandoning the race today, and several more injured:

(141) Rigoberto Urán - Right elbow wound and right hip road rash.

(118) Kevin Vermaerke - Fracture of the outer third of the clavicle (DNF).

(111) Romain Bardet - Left knee wound.

(47) Max Schachmann - Facial road rash. Road rash to right knee and elbow.

(192) Guillaume Boivin - Nose bleed.

(31) Ben O'Connor - Left hip pain. Seen at the X-ray truck.

As for the fines for the day, they were the following:

UAE Team Emirates DS Andrej Hauptman (Unidentified Rider) - Throwing bidons outside waste areas. 500CHF fine.

(88) Fred Wright - Throwing bidons outside waste areas. 500CHF fine. Penalty of 25 UCI points (1st offence).

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