Surgery and break for professional cyclist Jay Vine: Broken bone after kangaroo crash

Professional cyclist Jay Vine has brought back a painful and momentous souvenir from his victory in the Australian stage race Tour Down Under. The 30-year-old Australian crashed in a mass crash on the final stage last Sunday. As it turned out later, Vine broke the scaphoid bone in his left wrist in the crash and will probably have to take a longer break. "After a medical examination, it was determined that he suffered a significant fracture of the left scaphoid. He underwent successful surgery on Tuesday morning (27.1.)," said Dr Adrian Rotunno, the team's medical director, according to a press release from the racing team.

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Overall victory despite crash

The crash was caused by two kangaroos that had jumped onto the race track in the Australian state of South Australia. Overall leader Vine was able to recover and reached the finish of stage 5 in Stirling at the same time as stage winner Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a bike). The professional cyclist from Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates thus also saved his lead in the overall standings.