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The Belgian will not be at the start of the 17th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday.
Philippe Gilbert is forced to abandon the Tour de France after its spectacular fall in the descent of Portet d'Aspet, Tuesday, during the 16th stage. The Belgian rider suffers from the left knee and goes to the hospital by ambulance to have an MRI. " My Tour is over ," said Gilbert when boarding the ambulance.
Gilbert pbaded beyond a low wall in the descent of the Col du Portet d'Aspet, then that he was leading the race. After crossing the finish line, Gilbert had said he was very lucky. " That's terrible. I have been very lucky. Really very lucky "commented the runner of Quick-Step Floors as he saw the images of his fall.
" I was shocked when I fell. It was quite deep and there were a lot of rocks. I landed on my back, looked around, saw only stones, and thought, 'I'm broken everywhere'. I did not even dare to move. "
" I waited until there were people, they were pretty fast "added Gilbert. " Thank you to them for taking me out of there. I'm happy to have been able to join the finish. The fall is my fault. I chose the wrong trajectory and I slowed down too little with my brake before .
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