Post by Bartold on Jun 29, 2016 10:28:57 GMT
Nacer Bouhanni will not ride the Tour de France, with the Frenchman ruled out just three days ahead of the Grand Départ having failed to recover from a hand injury sustained last weekend
The 25-year-old required four stitches in his right hand after he reportedly punched a fellow guest who was making noise at the hotel where Bouhanni was staying ahead of the French national championships road race. He started, and later abandoned, that race but Cofidis today announced that the wound was "badly dealt with" and that he was forced to undergo surgery on Tuesday evening.
Nicolas Edet will replace Bouhanni in the line-up in what is a huge disruption to the focus of the team, which had largely been built around the French sprinter. Geoffrey Soupe, Christophe Laporte, and Borut Bozic were all set to form part of a dedicated lead-out train but now find themselves without a leader to work for
The 25-year-old required four stitches in his right hand after he reportedly punched a fellow guest who was making noise at the hotel where Bouhanni was staying ahead of the French national championships road race. He started, and later abandoned, that race but Cofidis today announced that the wound was "badly dealt with" and that he was forced to undergo surgery on Tuesday evening.
Nicolas Edet will replace Bouhanni in the line-up in what is a huge disruption to the focus of the team, which had largely been built around the French sprinter. Geoffrey Soupe, Christophe Laporte, and Borut Bozic were all set to form part of a dedicated lead-out train but now find themselves without a leader to work for