Pogacar team 'crossing their fingers' after Slovenian fractures wrist in Liège crash

UAE Team Emirates at the start of the 2023 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
UAE Team Emirates at the start of the 2023 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Image credit: Getty)

UAE Team Emirates are taking a cautious stance on how Tadej Pogacar’s crash in Liège-Bastogne-Liège and resulting fractured wrist injury will affect their rider's season from here on, saying it is too early to make any predictions.

Pogačar crashed on a descent in the first part of Liège-Bastogne-Liège when both he and Mikkel Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost) were caught up in a crash. Liège was supposed to be Pogačar's last race of the first part of 2023 in what had been a dramatically successful campaign up to that point.

Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*

Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets

After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59

Join now for unlimited access

Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.