Tour of Flanders injury list – Wellens, Turner suffer fractures, Girmay concussed

Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) is among the riders who had to abandon the 2023 Tour of Flanders injured
Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) is among the riders who had to abandon the 2023 Tour of Flanders injured (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The long list of crashes that transpired at the Tour of Flanders on Sunday lead to an equally long list of medical updates from the teams and riders. Many confirmed they were only nursing minor injuries but others were not so lucky, with Tim Wellens and Ben Turner among those with fractures.

UAE Team Emirates confirmed that Wellens – who was among those that came off in the large crash sparked by Filip Maciejuk  (Bahrain Victorious) – broke his left collarbone and would undergo surgery. 

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