Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla) has been forced to abandon his debut Tour de France after his crash towards the end of stage 7 yesterday. That incident, at speed, came just 24 hours after he made the breakaway on stage 6 and finished 4th.
The Irishman, who won two stages at La Vuelta last year, came down very hard in the group crash with about 6km to go yesterday. And though he was able to remount and continue in the race, it took him a long time to get going again
When he arrived at the finish, he was filmed getting into a team car holding his arm in a manner that suggested he may have a serious issue.
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Just before the start of stage 8 today, Saturday, his Jayco AlUla team issued a brief statement confirming Dunbar was now out of the race.
"Eddie Dunbar has abandoned the Tour de France and will not start stage 8," the team said. "Following a crash in the final kilometres of yesterday’s stage, Dunbar has been suffering with pain in his wrist and a decision was taken to stop, for his safety.
More to come.
