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What did one Vuelta crash cost Tadej Pogačar, and what does he fear now?
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Tadej Pogačar crashed out of the Vuelta in August. A later CT scan in Slovenia found more fractured vertebrae in his upper back. In all, 3 fractured vertebrae.
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After a stay in Barcelona, recovery began at home in Monte Carlo. Dizziness, nausea and a balance system fully out of alignment meant he could not even shower without the team doctor's help.
Barcelona and Monte Carlo
He described himself as low, almost depressed. Looking back, he said: I'm just happy to be alive, actually, or just to be standing.
“I'm just happy to be alive, actually, or just to be standing.”
He trains again with no discomfort, yet still worries. I have to be careful not to crash on the bike, or do some heavy lifting with my left arm or with my neck.
“I have to be careful not to crash on the bike, or do some heavy lifting with my left arm or with my neck.”
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- ANSA.itPogacar, after the fall I am happy to be alive
- La Repubblica.itPogacar and the fall at the Vuelta: “Three fractures to the vertebrae, I am happy to still be alive”
- AD.nl“Doctors and nurses cut pieces out of my shirt to sign”: Tadej Pogacar shares special details about fall in Vuelta
- AdnkronosPogacar and the fear after the fall at the Vuelta: “I have three broken vertebrae, I am happy to be alive”
- TelegraafTadej Pogacar broke not one but three vertebrae in fall in Vuelta
- The New York TimesInside Tadej Pogacar's recovery from not one but three broken vertebrae: 'I'm just happy to be alive'