The accident marked the race, and it was the second in two days for the
BORA - hansgrohe rider who was leading the race at the time. After a brilliant display in the opening time-trial, the race went off the rails for the Slovenian who ultimately abandoned whilst in yellow.
However unlike his two major rivals in the race, he did not sustain fractures, which keep the possibility of him still racing this spring alive. Initially, he had anticipated to race in the Ardennes classics and with over a week until Flèche Wallone and almost to weeks to Liège-Bastogne-Liège, he could still well take part in both.