Telesport & Hyves Tourpoule 2012 #3 FOK! tweede bij subpoules

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Alejandro Valverde sustained an important traumatism in his right thigh.

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“At the first crash, the roads were wet, a Rabobank riders fell just ahead of me and the riders coming behind, including me, couldn't avoid him. I got some bruises on the left side, but nothing important. At the second crash, we were riding really, really fast, everyone was trying to make the fore and things happened as you could expect from that. People is riding crazy, it seems like everyone is going to win the Tour. I was almost still already, but one rider couldn't brake, made me fall and, when I was at the ground, another one hit me hard on my thigh. It was a sharp blow below my hip and that's what hurts me the most, and surely it will do more when my body gets colder. This is the Tour: we know there are so many crashes and this time was mine, but everything is not lost either. More than the two minutes I conceeded, which is something I can't do anything for now, I'm most worried about how I will get to sleep tonight and get up tomorrow. We know that there's a mountain stage there and that makes everything more difficult, but there shouldn't be any troubles to start and we will see how everything does."