{"id":438640,"date":"2026-01-28T12:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438640\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T12:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T12:52:09","slug":"jay-vine-breaks-wrist-in-down-under-kangaroo-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/438640\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Vine Breaks Wrist in Down Under Kangaroo Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team UAE licking wounds after Vine becomes fourth rider sidelined in Tour Down Under victory as Poga\u010dar&#8217;s super team chases 100 wins in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Jay Vine the 4th injury for UAE\" src=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-USAC-4-e1769507192753.jpeg\" data-loaded=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-Copy-of-USAC-4-e1769507192753.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\"> (Photo: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Updated January 28, 2026 01:57AM<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/jay-vine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jay Vine<\/a> is the latest to join a fast-filling infirmary at team UAE as the super team counts the cost of its season-opening victory at the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/santos-tour-down-under\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Santos Tour Down Under<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/uae-emirates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UAE Emirates-XRG<\/a> revealed Vine broke his wrist when he crashed amid the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/kangaroo-chaos-at-tour-down-under-jay-vine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">carnage caused by two kangaroos<\/a> hopping into the speeding bunch on the final stage of the Aussie race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the race, Jay reported pain in his wrist from his crash during the final stage. After medical review, it was found that he sustained a significant left wrist scaphoid fracture, and underwent successful surgery on Tuesday morning,\u201d read the update Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will be withdrawn from competition for post-op recovery and rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vine joins Jhonatan Narv\u00e1ez, Vegard Stake Laengen, and Mikkel Bjerg in being sidelined from Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2019s super team after only one week of WorldTour racing.<\/p>\n<p>UAE loses four in one week<br \/>\n<img alt=\"Narvaez and Bjerg are also out of action after their season debut in Australia. \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-975862\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2256550930.jpg\"\/>Narvaez and Bjerg are also out of action after their season debut in Australia. (Photo: Con Chronis\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a tough start for UAE Team Emirates as it looks to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/uae-new-all-time-win-record-stats-tell-the-story\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">top its historic 2025 season<\/a>. Poga\u010dar led the $60 million mega-squad to 97 wins last year, and it\u2019s hoping to hit triple figures in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Vine is due to play superdomestique for Jo\u00e3o Almeida this May at the Giro d\u2019Italia in what\u2019s already being touted a super-team brawl with Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old will be recovered for the May Grande Partenza, but will be down on his training schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Narv\u00e1ez is another costly loss for UAE Emirates XRG as it warms its engine for the new season.<\/p>\n<p>The Ecuadorian star is one of Poga\u010dar\u2019s key sidekicks in the classics. He was instrumental in UAE\u2019s assault on the Cipressa of Milan-San Remo last March as it looked to launch King Pog into monument orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Narv\u00e1ez and his teammate Laengen both crashed on stage 4 of the Tour Down Under last week. Narv\u00e1ez \u201csustained several stable thoracic vertebrae compression fractures,\u201d while Laengen injured his ribs.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how long Narv\u00e1ez will be out of action or whether he\u2019ll be fit to join Poga\u010dar for his early-season blitz on the classics, starting March 7 at Strade Bianche.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple injuries in kangaroo chaos: \u2018They\u2019re the most dangerous thing in Australia\u2019<br \/>\n<img alt=\"Multiple riders were brought down and injured when kangaroos hopped in to the bunch at TDU.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-975863\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2257867365-1200x800.jpg\"\/>Multiple riders were brought down and injured when kangaroos hopped in to the bunch at TDU. (Photo: Con Chronis\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Vine is only the latest confirmed casualty from the chaos that unfurled when <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/3RL0DsMIJrY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two rogue kangaroos<\/a> bounded into the Tour Down Under on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>UAE Emirates workhorse Bjerg was reported by <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dr.dk\/sporten\/cykling\/norsk-hold-droemmer-om-jonas-vingegaard-og-mads-pedersen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DR Sporten<\/a> to have broken a joint in his shoulder and hand, and Visma-Lease a Bike\u2019s Menno Huising broke his collarbone in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Bjerg, Huising, and two others abandoned immediately after the marsupial mangled the peloton. One of the animals was also reported to be injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone asks me what\u2019s the most dangerous thing in Australia. I always tell them it\u2019s kangaroos,\u201d Vine told <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingweekly.com\/racing\/jay-vine-broke-wrist-in-mid-race-kangaroo-collision-still-won-tour-down-under\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC Australia<\/a> on Sunday after he successfully finished the final stage with a broken wrist and won the Ochre jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wait and they hide in the bushes until you can\u2019t stop and they jump out in front of you. Point proven today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team UAE licking wounds after Vine becomes fourth rider sidelined in Tour Down Under victory as Poga\u010dar&#8217;s super&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[168574,49,48,635,54263,82,83235,181963,54266,181964,77932,54267],"class_list":{"0":"post-438640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-audio-true","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-parent_category-road","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tag-jay-vine","15":"tag-tag-jhonatan-narvaez","16":"tag-tag-tadej-pogacar","17":"tag-tag-tour-down-under","18":"tag-tag-uae-team-emirates","19":"tag-type-article"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438640","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=438640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}