{"id":20173,"date":"2022-07-20T12:27:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/blow-to-pogacar-as-rafal-majka-leaves-the-tour-de-france-ahead-of-stage-17\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T12:27:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:27:40","slug":"blow-to-pogacar-as-rafal-majka-leaves-the-tour-de-france-ahead-of-stage-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/blow-to-pogacar-as-rafal-majka-leaves-the-tour-de-france-ahead-of-stage-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Blow to Pogacar as Rafal Majka leaves the Tour de France ahead of stage 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) has been forced to leave the Tour de France ahead of stage 17, following a thigh strain injury incurred when his chain broke on stage 16 of the race.  It is a major blow to Tadej Pogacar&#8217;s yellow jersey ambitions because Majka was his best domestique for the mountains. <\/p>\n<p>A statement from UAE Team Emirates just before the stage start on Wednesday afternoon read:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest paywall\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p class=\"paywall\">&#8220;Unfortunately Rafal Majka will not start stage 17 of the Tour de France today.Dr. Adrian Rotunno (Medical Director) : &#8216;Majka sustained a strain injury to his thigh after some mechanical trouble on stage 16 when his chain broke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">&#8216;This resulted in a high-grade partial thickness tear of his right quadriceps muscle, and unfortunately due to the muscle damage is unable to ride.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Majka&#8217;s departure will be a marked blow to Pogacar&#8217;s bid for the yellow jersey, as the former Tour de France King of the Mountains winner and multiple stage winner was Pogacar&#8217;s key support rider in the mountains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">UAE Team Emirates now has a depleted team of 4, including Pogacar, two less than Vingegaard&#8217;s Jumbo-Visma squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Last week saw the departure of George Bennett with a COVID-19 positive test, and allrounder Stake Vegard Laengen also quit the race in the first week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">On stage 16, there was a further dent to the team&#8217;s roster with Marc Soller missing the time cut, having been seen vomiting earlier on in the stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Pogacar currently sits in second place in the overall standings, 2:22 behind overall leader Jonas Vingegaard, and stage 17 looked likely to be his prime opportunity to make an attack on the Danish yellow jersey.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tim-wellens-also-out-due-to-covid-19-2\" class=\"paywall\">Tim Wellens also out due to COVID-19<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) is the latest rider to leave the Tour de France with COVID-19. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">A team announcement on Wednesday morning said that he had tested positive following mild symptoms ahead of stage 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">&#8220;Unfortunately Tim Wellens has to leave the race. After having mild symptoms this morning, a test showed he has covid,&#8221; the team&#8217;s twitter post read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Wellens was tipped by the team to be active on mountain stages and long breakaways, and no doubt would have seen the savage terrain of stage 17 and 18 as a ripe opportunity for a breakaway effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Wellens&#8217; has won multiple Vuelta a Espana stages and has previously worn the polka dot jersey at the Tour, enjoying a 16-day stint in the jersey in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">It comes after two AG2R Citroen riders left the Tour de France yesterday with positive COVID-19 tests.  12 riders have now been forced out of the 2022 Tour de France due to COVID-19.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) has been forced to leave the Tour de France ahead of stage 17, following a thigh strain injury incurred when his chain broke on stage 16 of the race. It is a major blow to Tadej Pogacar&#8217;s yellow jersey ambitions because Majka was his best domestique for the mountains. A &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/blow-to-pogacar-as-rafal-majka-leaves-the-tour-de-france-ahead-of-stage-17\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blow to Pogacar as Rafal Majka leaves the Tour de France ahead of stage 17<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20480,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tour-de-france-pogacar-wins-stage-17-as-vingegaard-holds-on-and-thomas-fades-tour-de-france\/","url_meta":{"origin":20173,"position":0},"title":"Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 17 as Vingegaard holds on and Thomas fades |  Tour de France","date":"July 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Geraint Thomas's hopes of winning this Tour de France evaporated into the thin Pyrenean air as the infernal pace set by his rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar kept him at a distance him on the road to Peyragudes.But on a day when the Dane and the Slovenian rode so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Ineos Grenadiers' Geraint Thomas crosses the finish line after stage 17 of theTour de France.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7714ebcdab549b9431fef7e207a8bd03005b03e1\/0_225_2664_1598\/master\/2664.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13349,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pogacar-says-its-not-over-yet-after-losing-tour-de-france-lead-on-col-du-granon\/","url_meta":{"origin":20173,"position":1},"title":"Pogacar says &#8216;It&#8217;s not over yet&#8217; after losing Tour de France lead on Col du Granon","date":"July 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Jumbo-Visma, unable to break Tadej Poga\u010dar's steely grip on the lead of the 2022 Tour de France for five days, succeeded in cracking the two-time Tour champion on the first high-altitude mountain stage to the Col du Granon. It is the first time any team has succeeded in breaking the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19323,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tour-de-france-stage-16-hugo-houle-soloes-to-canadas-first-stage-win-since-1988\/","url_meta":{"origin":20173,"position":2},"title":"Tour de France stage 16: Hugo Houle soloes to Canada&#8217;s first stage win since 1988","date":"July 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"], \"filter\": { \"nextExceptions\": \"img, blockquote, div\", \"nextContainsExceptions\": \"img, blockquote\"} }\"> Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, and everything in between when you >\",\"name\":\"in-content-cta\", \"type\":\"link\"}}\">join Outside+. Hugo Houle (Israel Premier Tech) won a daring solo attack Tuesday\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.velonews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1409679901.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12351,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/protests-disrupt-tour-de-france-stage-10-before-cort-nielsen-surges-to-victory-tour-de-france\/","url_meta":{"origin":20173,"position":3},"title":"Protests disrupt Tour de France stage 10 before Cort Nielsen surges to victory |  Tour de France","date":"July 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Magnus Cort Nielsen won stage 10 of the Tour de France from a breakaway in Megeve as the race returned from a rest day to be hit by Covid-19 withdrawals and environmental protests on the road.Cort Nielsen beat Nick Schultz in a photo finish after a sprint to the line\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar waits for the race to restart after the protests","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fb86eec1f95c7ad566fc520fb13fba6b0f9f0f3a\/0_0_3500_2544\/master\/3500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15390,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jumbo-visma-says-losing-the-2020-tour-de-france-brought-valuable-lessons\/","url_meta":{"origin":20173,"position":4},"title":"Jumbo-Visma says losing the 2020 Tour de France brought valuable lessons","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"], \"filter\": { \"nextExceptions\": \"img, blockquote, div\", \"nextContainsExceptions\": \"img, blockquote\"} }\"> Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, and everything in between when you >\",\"name\":\"in-content-cta\", \"type\":\"link\"}}\">join Outside+. The Jumbo-Visma team seized assault control of the Tour de France\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/cfec5eXhHn6puHZ4PebMBf-1200-80.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}