During a chaotic day at the Critérium du Dauphiné, Soudal-QuickStep faced significant setbacks. While race leader Remco Evenepoel crashed in the last kilometer, he emerged relatively unscathed. He credited minor injuries to sweaty hands and reported a positive outlook post-race. In contrast, teammate Louis Vervaeke suffered a serious crash resulting in a collarbone fracture, jeopardizing his role in the upcoming Tour de France. This injury, combined with prior setbacks to the team's roster, raises concerns for their overall performance in the Tour.
I actually don't know [what happened], maybe I just started to pedal too early, or I slipped my hand off the handlebar, because I had quite sweaty hands at the finish in the humidity, maybe I just slipped away with accelerating in the corner.
I really don't know, but in the end, nothing huge, so just happy that the injuries are not bad.
I think this one will not affect at all, nothing bad, not in bad places as well, really small injuries, nothing bad, so I think it was an unlucky moment.
The bad news of Vervaeke's injury compounds the damage to Evenepoel's Tour support squad already dealt by Mikel Landa crashing out of the Giro d'Italia and fracturing his back in May.
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