Midway through Wednesday afternoon, a battered and bruised Critérium du Dauphiné peloton picked its way across the finish line of stage 5 still digesting the consequences of the horrendous mass crash that had ripped through the bunch barely an hour before.
‘It's again quite a dark day for cycling, unfortunately,’ a grim-faced Evenepoel told reporters afterwards, in an unspoken reference to the crashes that have affected the sport in 2024.
‘Overall it's OK, I crashed on my right side. I crashed on my head as well so the helmet saved me today. There are guys in a worse situation than I am now so I hope and I wish everybody a full recovery,’ Evenepoel added.
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