WorldTour Tour: Martinez wins in the Basque Country

Arrate (AP) – The Colombian professional cyclist Daniel Felipe Martinez has won the 61st Tour of the Basque Country.

With fourth place on the sixth and final stage over 135.7 kilometers from Éibar to Arrate, the 25-year-old ousted young Belgian star Remco Evenepoel from first place. Second overall was the Spaniard Ion Izagirre, who also won the final stage, followed by the Russian Alexander Wlassow from the German Bora-hansgrohe team.

However, there are concerns about the Dutchman Milan Vader. The teammate of Olympic champion Primoz Roglic is still in an artificial coma after his serious fall on Friday. The Spanish media reported, citing the team and hospital spokesman on Saturday. Vader had fallen on a descent on stage five and been thrown over the crash barrier.

Since the carotid arteries, among other things, were affected in the accident, Vader was operated on immediately in the hospital in Barakaldo near Bilbao, media in Spain and the Netherlands reported. The athlete broke his collarbone, shoulder blade and several vertebrae, among other things, the hospital said. His condition is very serious. Jumbo-Visma did not want to officially announce any details for the time being, but announced that Vader’s condition is stable.

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