After profitable the Amstel Gold Race and Flèche Wallonne in April and ending fourth general within the Itzulia Ladies, Marta Cavalli (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) had been hoping for good outcomes on the Vuelta a Burgos Féminas to complete off her spring marketing campaign earlier than turning her focus to the summer time and getting ready for the Giro Donne and the inaugural Tour de France Femmes.
However the Italian’s race was halted abruptly early on stage 2 of the Spanish stage race when she crashed onerous, falling on her hip. Cavalli needed to abandon the race and was transported to a Burgos hospital for additional checks.
Cavalli’s crew FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope issued an announcement within the night, tweeting: “Marta Cavalli suffered a heavy fall on the roads of the 2nd stage of the Tour de Burgos, forcing her to retire. The medical examinations carried out by the hospital employees of Burgos the place Marta Cavalli was transported revealed a secure medical situation with no fractures. Your complete FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope crew needs to specific its best help to Marta who might be returning house to Italy tomorrow.”
Cavalli herself wrote in an Instagram submit: “After a superb begin in Itzulia I anticipated a greater last for this block of races however at the moment I crashed onerous on my hip. I went to the hospital for a scan and luckily nothing is damaged.”
With out Cavalli, the French crew will now need to depend on Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, just lately returned to racing after sitting out the Ardennes classics with Covid-19, and Grace Brown for outcomes. Each received phases within the 2021 Vuelta a Burgos Féminas – Uttrup Ludwig achieved her stage victory on the ending climb to Ojo Guareña that will even host the stage 3 end on Saturday.
