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Confirmed
In Short: The Slovenian cyclist crashed out of the Vuelta from a dominant position as race leader, requiring surgery on a broken collarbone, suffering a concussion, a 'stable' fracture in his neck, and multiple abrasions.
Pogacar's decision not to race again until 2027 will allow him to return to full health without placing a timeline on his return to competition.
The injury means Pogacar will miss the chance to defend his title at the upcoming World Championships in Montreal.
Meanwhile, in the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich smashed the women’s only half marathon world record.
Ngetich’s late surge in the race narrowed the gap slightly, but it wasn’t enough to threaten her lead.
The new world record holder has two more races planned before she wraps up her season and switches focus to the 2027 World Championships in Beijing.
In MotoGP, Jorge Martin revealed that arm pump was the cause of his San Marino Grand Prix slump and intends to have surgery during his title campaign.
Martin led the Misano race in the early going but his performance dipped suddenly after taking the lead, resulting in a fifth-place finish.
Background
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What's confirmed
- Pogacar's decision not to race again until 2027 will allow him to return to full health without placing a timeline on his return to competition.
- The injury means Pogacar will miss the chance to defend his title at the upcoming World Championships in Montreal.
- Meanwhile, in the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Ngetich smashed the women’s only half marathon world record.
- Ngetich’s late surge in the race narrowed the gap slightly, but it wasn’t enough to threaten her lead.
- The new world record holder has two more races planned before she wraps up her season and switches focus to the 2027 World Championships in Beijing.
- In MotoGP, Jorge Martin revealed that arm pump was the cause of his San Marino Grand Prix slump and intends to have surgery during his title campaign.
- Martin led the Misano race in the early going but his performance dipped suddenly after taking the lead, resulting in a fifth-place finish.
What's still developing
- He crashed out of the Vuelta from a dominant position as race leader and required surgery on a broken collarbone, suffered a concussion, a "stable" fracture in his neck and multiple abrasions.
- The 27-year-old, who was aiming to complete the set of Grand Tour titles, adding the Vuelta to his single Giro d'Italia victory and Tour de France wins, was due to defend his rainbow jersey at the World Championships in Montreal later this month.
- “This gold medal means so much to me. I have had a few problems in my career. A lot of fourth places at the Europeans. Then finally I got a bronze medal at the World Championships last year,” said the winner Almgren.
- With some four kilometres to go, Nicholas Kipkorir, who took an early lead in the race, was part of a three-man breakaway, alongside Swedish Andreas Almgren and double Olympic track champion Joshua Cheptegei.
- "I'm really happy about my performance in the first half of the race," Martin told British broadcaster TNT.
- Defending MotoGP champion Marc Marquez defeated title rival Marco Bezzecchi to win the sprint race at Misano MotoGP title hopeful Marco Bezzecchi dominated San Marino GP qualifying at Misano, seeing off his main rival this weekend Marc Marquez Aprilia MotoGP rider Marco Bezzecchi outpaced the Marquez brothers to set the Friday pace at Misano Marc Marquez led MotoGP title rival Marco Bezzecchi in the opening practice session of the San Marino Grand Prix premier-class weekend at Misano The Race started in February 2020 as a digital-only motorsport channel.
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- Martin led the Misano race in the early going after the crash for his Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, but his performance dipped suddenly after taking the lead, as low-to-mid 1m31s laps became high-1m31s laps and then he settled into the 1m32s range.
- He tumbled to fifth, which meant that Marc Marquez has drawn level on points with Martin coming out of Misano and leads the championship on countback.
- Martin had already undergone one operation to alleviate arm pump back in 2019, when he was just starting his Moto2 career, and he was able to have the operation without missing any races.
- Marc Marquez won the San Marino Grand Prix to take the points lead for the first time in 2026, as Marco Bezzecchi crashed from pole Marc Marquez ran riot in the Misano MotoGP sprint - but who made up our winners and losers from the 13-lap dress rehearsal race?