Simon Yates’s Tour Down Under could be over after heavy crash leaves him with knee injury
Yates will be assessed ahead of the third stage after taking a ‘heavy knock’
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Your support makes all the difference.Briton Simon Yates’ Tour Down Under could be over after he suffered a knee injury in a nasty crash on stage two of the race.
The Mitchelton-Scott rider was involved in an incident 1.4 kilometres from the finish of the 135.8km Woodside-Stirling stage which claimed several victims, including the Israel Start-Up Nation team’s Ben Hermans, who sustained a fractured collarbone.
Yates will be assessed ahead of the third stage after taking a “heavy knock” to his left knee which saw him driven back to his Adelaide hotel in a team van with his knee bandaged and iced after he struggled to finish.
A post on Mitchelton-Scott’s official Twitter feed on Wednesday read: “Simon Yates took a heavy knock to his left knee in the crash today. He will be assessed this evening before a decision on his continuation tomorrow.”
The stage was won by Australia’s Caleb Ewan, who now leads the general classification, ahead of reigning champion Daryl Impey and Nathan Haas.
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