Tour de France 2021 – ‘I cannot move my leg’ – Peter Sagan abandons before Stage 12
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Published 08/07/2021 at 15:50 GMT
“Yesterday after a hard stage it was swollen and I cannot move my leg,” Sagan admitted. He will now hope to recover ahead of Tokyo 2020, with the road race on his agenda for later this month. You can watch the Tour de France live and ad-free on the Eurosport app and Eurosport.co.uk
'I cannot move my leg' – Sagan abandons before Stage 12
Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) pulled out of the Tour de France prior to Stage 12 with a knee injury.
The record seven-time green jersey winner still hopes to compete at the Olympic Games but faces a race against time to be fit. The men’s road race is on July 24.
Sagan was involved in a big crash with Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) on Stage 3 that saw the Australian withdrew from the race.
Although he battled on, he hurt his knee again earlier this week – an injury that got worse on Wednesday’s double ascent of Mont Ventoux.
“Yesterday after a hard stage it was swollen and I cannot move my leg,” Sagan told reporters including Eurosport ahead of Stage 12.
It means Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck–QuickStep) has one fewer rival in the race for the points classification.
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