Debeaumarche suffers serious back injury in crash

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French rider Nicolas Debeaumarche, of Cofidis, has suffered serious back injuries after being involved in a crash on stage three of the Tour of Poland.

Debeaumarche went off the road on a descent and collided with a concrete water duct with 54km remaining in the 156.5km ride from Walbrzych to Duszniki-Zdroj on Wednesday.

He was part of a 10-man breakaway group at the front of the race.

“Nicolas was taken to hospital, he suffered vertebral fractures and remains in hospital,” a Cofidis spokesperson said.

Belgian Thibau Nys won the stage, with Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard in the overall lead. Vingegaard of Visma-Lease a Bike finished second in this year’s Tour de France after a three-month layoff following a crash at the Tour of the Basque Country.

There have been a number of serious incidents at the Tour of Poland in recent years. Belgian Bjorg Lambrecht died after a crash in 2019.

In 2020, Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen was put in a medically-induced coma after crashing into the barriers at the finish line after a collision with compatriot Dylan Groenewegen, who was disqualified from the race for dangerous behaviour.

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