Lukas Nerurkar was pressured to desert Trofeo Laigueglia on Wednesday after being concerned in a crash, together with his EF Schooling-EasyPost group asserting after medical checks that the 21-year-old Briton had a damaged jaw and concussion.
“He has been discharged from the hospital and can journey again to Girona the place he’ll endure surgical procedure within the subsequent few days,” EF Schooling-EasyPost stated in a medical replace on social media.
Alongside together with his EF Schooling-EasyPost teammates, Nerurkar was on the entrance of the peloton, setting a tempo on a mission to catch the break when he went down, within 70 kilometres to go within the 190.7km one-day race.
Nerurkar began with the early season races in Australia – the Villawood Males’s Basic, the Tour Down Beneath –the place he completed fourth in one of the best younger rider classification – the Surf Coast Basic and the Cadel Evans Highway Race.
Trofeo Laigueglia was Nerurkar’s return following a break after that block of racing, and he was then anticipated to tackle the seven-stage Tirreno-Adriatico which begins on Monday.
The plans for the rider who could make his mark on punchy climbs, nonetheless, will now must be reshuffled, with the group not but delivering any indication of how lengthy Nerurkar might be on the sidelines for.
It’s Nerurkar’s second 12 months as an expert with EF Schooling-EasyPost, with the rider who excels on the punchy climbs, claimed his first victory with the group in 2024 on the Tour de Kyushu Kokura Fortress Criterium. Later that week he additionally secured second place within the general standings on the Tour de Kyushu.
Earlier than turning skilled, as a U23 racer in 2023, he gained a stage on the Giro Subsequent Gen and the Orlen Nations Grand Prix. He additionally completed sixth general and earned the Finest Younger Rider title at Spain’s 2.1 ranked O Gran Camiño.
