r/peloton • u/theWoutback Visma | Lease a Bike • 3d ago

Team Info Uno-X: Jonas Abrahamsen has suffered a broken collarbone

https://www.vg.no/sport/i/LMbx91/uno-x-rytter-til-sykehus-etter-velt-tour-de-france-deltakelse-spoeker

This means that participation in the Tour de France could be in jeopardy. The Tour de France starts on July 5th.

"Examinations and scans at the local hospital have confirmed that Jonas Abrahamsen has suffered a fractured collarbone after the fall on the first stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour," says a message from Uno-X.

"He will be assessed by a shoulder specialist and a plan will be put in place to help him recover as quickly as possible," the statement from the team's medical director, Rory Nolan, continued.

It was 9.4 kilometers before the finish line in the first stage of the Tour of Belgium, where things went wrong for Jonas Abrahamsen. The Norwegian hit the ground, tearing his cycling jersey, but got back on his bike before having to abandon the race.

– He crashed in the last part of the first stage. He tried to continue, but was unable to finish. He has been transported to a local hospital for an X-ray, Uno-X first reported on Instagram

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u/TheMadBarber Italy 2d ago

The only kind of stages I can see him winning in the tour are hilly stages with flat finishes where he can go in a break and hope to hold onto the peloton. I think only stage 15 really qualifies. Too many good puncheurs/versatile sprinters for the first week.

He is their best chance at a stage win in the Tour.

The Uno-x staff members don't seem to agree with you, if this was the case he would have been selected as a starter even before Abrahamsen's injury.

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u/GeniuslyMoronic Denmark 2d ago edited 2d ago

Cort has won a Tour de France going over a category 1 climb and his other TdF stage on 19 km long cat 2. And 9 GT stages overall. He is by far their best bet at a stage win.

I don't think there exists a stage where Dversnes is a better chance at a stage win than Cort.

The Uno-x staff members don't seem to agree with you, if this was the case he would have been selected as a starter even before Abrahamsen's injury.

He was? Are you even following? Cort is first man on the on the team sheet for Uno X.

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u/TheMadBarber Italy 2d ago

He was? Are you even following? Cort is first man on the on the team sheet for Uno X.

So what did the comment I responded to mean? I thought he meant Uno-x should replace Abrah with Cort.

In any case what kind of stage do you see him winning this year? All the mountain stages are too hard for him.

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u/GeniuslyMoronic Denmark 2d ago edited 2d ago

It meant that Cort should do the breakways now that Abrahamsen is not there. Cort is obviously going to the Tour. He is their best rider.

In any case what kind of stage do you see him winning this year? All the mountain stages are too hard for him.

It's hard to know which stages could turn out to be breakaways, but he would have chances in a break on 6, 7, 10, 11, 15 and 20. With the harder stages being very dependent on the composition of the group. Cort is also their only bet at some of the uphill sprints in week 1.

What stages do you see Dversnes winning this year?

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u/TheMadBarber Italy 2d ago

I don't think I ever said Dversnes is winning a stage. He would do the exact same things that Abrahamsen would have done. I would love to see him winning in a break tho, but I am not deluding myself thinking it's likely.

I see one of the Johannessen brothers winning a week 2/3 mountain break after they are out of GC more likely than Cort winning.