After his serious fall on the fifth stage of the Tour de France, the Austrian professional cyclist Michael Gogl spoke up via Instagram.
“I broke my pelvis, collarbone and a vertebra,” wrote the 28-year-old. “I’m grateful that I can move my legs.” Gogl had to spend a night in intensive care at a hospital in Valenciennes because an artery was damaged. Gogl has been in the hospital in Herentals, Belgium, for further examinations since Thursday.
The serious fall had occurred on a cobblestone passage on Wednesday. The Italian Daniel Oss collided with a careless spectator on the edge and fell like the Dutchman Danny van Poppel driving behind him. The approaching Gogl could no longer avoid it and flew over Oss’s wheel at high speed. While Gogl gave up the race immediately, Oss still drove to the finish. It was only there on Wednesday evening that a cervical fracture was found, so that the veteran also had to give up.