UAE Team Director: Pogacar's crash difficult to comprehend

The withdrawal of star cyclist Tadej Pogacar from the Vuelta a España has left his team director, Josean Fernández Matxin, struggling to comprehend the situation. Matxin described the incident as "one of those situations that cycling leaves us with and that sometimes happen."

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It is difficult to assimilate the withdrawal of Tadej Pogacar.

Matxin stressed that the crash, which occurred on a "narrow, complicated" stretch of road, was not the fault of any specific rider or party. "Nobody has been responsible for the accident," he stated, adding that it was "a difficult fall to process."

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It has been one of those situations that cycling leaves us with and that sometimes happen. The fall occurred in a narrow, complicated area, and nobody has been responsible for it.

Despite his desire to continue, Pogacar was forced to abandon the race due to the severity of his injuries. Matxin explained that Pogacar's shoulder was in significant pain, and an attempt to support himself while getting up revealed he could not continue. He also sustained a cut above his eye.

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A fall difficult to assimilate, he is a rider who has given us many victories and now I hope the team gives them to him.

"Now we have to process it and think about Tadej the person, not Tadej the cyclist," Matxin concluded, highlighting the human element of the sport and the impact of such incidents on athletes.

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Pogacar wanted to continue, but his shoulder hurt, and when he tried to support himself to get up, he saw that he couldn't and had to abandon the race. He also had an open eyebrow.