"Instead of cycling in the sun, I'm currently rocking in the snow on my crutches," wrote Liane Lippert on Instagram on Thursday. "I'm currently having to take a short break as I've been diagnosed with a stress fracture in my leg. But I'm feeling better day by day and normally I should be back on the bike quickly after such an injury."
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In the Sportschau podcast "Tourfunk", the 25-year-old previously mentioned a downtime of ten days, which should not have a lasting impact on her preparation for the season.
Lippert has been among the world's best for some time now, which she underlined impressively in the past season. The Movistar rider won a stage of the Tour de France Femmes, the Tre Valli Varesine one-day race, a stage at the Tour de Romandie and took her third German championship title on the road. She also took second place at Fleche Wallonne, third place at Brabantse Pijl and seventh place at Strade Bianche.