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Concerns that Dan Martin may not start the Tour de France because of his crash two weeks ago have been put to bed, with the Irish rider confirmed by the team for the race.
Martin appeared at the Israel Start-Up Nation press conference from Tour start city, Nice, earlier today. And he will definitely be on the start line on Saturday just two weeks after fracturing a bone in his back during Critérium du Dauphiné.
He has decided this year that he will ride to try and
take a stage win and he will not target the general classification.
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Martin was forced out of the Dauphiné after he was diagnosed with a fractured bone in his back due to his stage 2 crash on August 13th. Medical examinations after the stage concluded he had suffered a “non-dislocated sacral fracture (S3)”.
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A sacral fracture occurs when a bone called the sacrum, a large triangular bone at the bottom of the spine, breaks. The sacrum, located between the hip bones, is made up of the sacral vertebrae which are fused together.
However, while the injury sounded very serious, Martin said after the crash that he hoped to still ride the Tour, and his place in the French race was confirmed today.
He will be one of three Irishmen in the event, with Sam Bennett and Nicolas Roche also set to take on cycling’s biggest race.
More to come.
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