The crashes took a substantial toll on stage 2 of Paris-Nice on Monday, with medical updates from the groups revealing that Australian nationwide champion Luke Durbridge (Jayco-AlUla), Florian Sénéchal (Arkéa-B&B Accommodations) and Gorka Sorarrain (Caja Rural-RGA) had all walked away from the stage with collar-bone fractures.
Sénéchal was caught up in a mass fall at round 45km to go, his teammate Arnaud Démare, who got here second in stage 1, was additionally concerned however in a position to return to contest the dash. Nonetheless the lack of Sénéchal took a toll, with Démare ending seventh on stage 2.
The crash occurred on straight part of highway however was simply after the peloton had swept by way of a proper hand bend. It was round a 3rd of the way in which down the bunch and noticed round a dozen riders touch-down, with others managing to remain upright by taking to the grass on the highway aspect.
Nevertheless, within the subsequent crash the Australian highway champion was not so fortunate.
The crash occurred nearer to the again of the bunch this time because the tempo picked up through the run to the intermediate dash. As the remainder of the peloton who have been held up by the autumn cleared Durbridge and in addition Sorarrain could possibly be seen propping themselves in opposition to the boundaries, each evidently in ache and nursing shoulders. Caja Rural-RGA confirmed in a medical replace that Sorarrain had additionally fractured his clavicle within the fall.
