{"id":435597,"date":"2026-01-27T03:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435597\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:19:09","slug":"teams-confirm-fractures-for-two-riders-injured-in-kangaroo-crash-in-tour-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/435597\/","title":{"rendered":"Teams confirm fractures for two riders injured in kangaroo crash in Tour Down Under"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"d5fc8149-fb49-4dc9-81ba-40a7c1e070eb\">More details of the full consequences of the injuries to riders forced to abandon after the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/crash-after-kangaroo-in-peloton-on-final-stage-of-tour-down-under-race-leader-jay-vine-caught-up-and-had-to-chase-back\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/crash-after-kangaroo-in-peloton-on-final-stage-of-tour-down-under-race-leader-jay-vine-caught-up-and-had-to-chase-back\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/teams-riders\/crash-after-kangaroo-in-peloton-on-final-stage-of-tour-down-under-race-leader-jay-vine-caught-up-and-had-to-chase-back\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kangaroo caused crash in the last stage of the Tour Down Under <\/a>have now emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Four riders left the race as a result of the crash, sparked when two kangaroos \u2013 one also visibly injured in the incident \u2013 ran into the bunch. Leader and eventual winner <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/races\/tour-down-under-jay-vine-overcomes-crash-to-claim-overall-win-as-matthew-brennan-sprints-to-stage-victory\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/races\/tour-down-under-jay-vine-overcomes-crash-to-claim-overall-win-as-matthew-brennan-sprints-to-stage-victory\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/races\/tour-down-under-jay-vine-overcomes-crash-to-claim-overall-win-as-matthew-brennan-sprints-to-stage-victory\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/a> also went down in the same pile-up but could finally continue.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"d5fc8149-fb49-4dc9-81ba-40a7c1e070eb-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Dane <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/mikkel-bjerg\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/mikkel-bjerg\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/mikkel-bjerg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikkel Bjerg<\/a> (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), one of the four to quit along with Alberto Dainese (Soudal-QuickStep), Lucas Stevenson (Australia) and Menno Huising (Visma-Lease a Bike) in the crash, has suffered a fracture in the acromioclavicular joint in his shoulder, as well as a fracture in his hand, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dr.dk\/sporten\/cykling\/norsk-hold-droemmer-om-jonas-vingegaard-og-mads-pedersen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.dr.dk\/sporten\/cykling\/norsk-hold-droemmer-om-jonas-vingegaard-og-mads-pedersen\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">DR Sporten<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Meanwhile, Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed on Monday that Huising, a second-year pro, had broken his collarbone in the same crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">It remains to be seen when Bjerg or Huising will be able to return to racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Bjerg was nominally due to take part in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race next Sunday prior to leaving Australia, something which now seems borderline impossible. He was then hoping to go on to the UAE Tour before heading into Europe for a full northern Classics program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Huising, racing in support of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/matthew-brennan\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/matthew-brennan\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/matthew-brennan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stage 5 winner Matthew Brennan<\/a> in Australia, did not have a specified next event on his program after the TDU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa #TourDownUnder Unfortunately, Menno broke his collarbone in a crash during the final stage. We wish him a speedy recovery! \ud83c\udf40 pic.twitter.com\/SjT0v7bHOW<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2015340062947328227\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2015340062947328227\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More details of the full consequences of the injuries to riders forced to abandon after the kangaroo caused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-435597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}