Not the day of Pogacar and UAE: painful knee for Majka after incident with chain fracture

It was a striking sight in the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France: Rafal Majka who suddenly almost fell uphill and therefore lost his place in the elite group of classification riders. However, the damage from this shortcoming may be greater than expected. “Rafal has problems with his knee,” said one of the sporting directors of UAE-Team Emirates.

Majka just accelerated with leader Tadej Pogacar on his wheel, when he suddenly kicked through his chain and https://twitter.com/sporza_koers/status/1549403768525144064. The Pole immediately raised his hand for assistance after that chain break, but in the end it was mainly his knee that got in the way for the remainder of the ride.

The master helper of Pogacar came with his knee on his frame after the incident, which caused him a lot of pain. In the end, Majka crossed the line in Foix 14 minutes behind stage winner Hugo Houle.

UAE Team Emirates wants to keep attacking

Sports director Andrej Hauptman gave text and explanation to the Danish TV2after Majka stumbled into the crew bus. His chain broke and his knee hit the bike hard. Rafal is in pain,” the Slovenian said in a short response.

Majka said on Instagram that he is looking forward to the days to come. ‘There are still many mountains to come’, was the accompanying text from his side, without even mentioning his possible knee injury.

It wasn’t the day of UAE-Team Emirates anyway. Marc Soler finished out of time with stomach problems and leader Pogacar was unable to distance himself from his great rival Jonas Vingegaard, who followed him like a shadow during four attacks. Despite this, Pogacar keeps his spirits up, he said after the ride that he will also try it in the Pyrenees in the coming days.

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