{"id":104624,"date":"2025-08-31T08:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/104624\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T08:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:27:14","slug":"perhaps-the-team-doctors-are-more-accustomed-to-this-but-we-are-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/104624\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPerhaps the team doctors are more accustomed to this, but we are not.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under normal circumstances, Enric Mas<\/a> would be lining up at the start of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a>. But for the first time since 2019, the Movistar rider has had to skip his home grand tour. Following his crash during the Tour de France, the Spaniard has been dealing with a persistent and troubling injury, and won\u2019t be back in action until next season. It\u2019s been a massive blow for the 30-year-old climber, who spoke candidly during a guest appearance at the Vuelta in Andorra.There, he watched teammate Pablo Castrillo finish sixth on stage 6, though Mas would much rather have been racing himself.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s tough. I\u2019ve known for a while that I wouldn\u2019t be at the Vuelta, so I\u2019m trying to deal with it as best I can,\u201d he told AS<\/a>. \u201cBut it\u2019s not easy to stay positive. It\u2019s really hard not being able to ride because of injury, but I have to accept it.\u201dMas was involved in a major crash near the Mur-de-Bretagne<\/a> during the Tour but managed to continue racing for some time. Eventually, he had to abandon during stage 18. His condition worsened afterward, and even as he tried training toward the Vuelta, the issues persisted. The eventual diagnosis was an inflammation of the veins, forcing him to end his season early. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t really hurt,\u201d he added. \u201cBut I\u2019ve stopped riding and training completely.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"enric-mas\"\/Mas shocked by his own injury: “Maybe the team doctors are used to it, but not me”<\/p>\n

Pain or not, this is one of the toughest periods in the career of Enric Mas, a four-time podium finisher at the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. In fact, he admits he would have preferred a more traditional injury.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s more frightening because we\u2019re used to muscle or bone injuries, and in this case, it\u2019s\u2026 let\u2019s say, venous,\u201d Mas explained. \u201cMaybe the team doctors are used to it, but we\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recovery won\u2019t be quick. When Mas will return to racing remains uncertain.
\n\u201cIt really depends on the timeline they give me,\u201d he said. \u201cIn a few weeks, I\u2019ll have a follow-up and then surgery. Only then can we determine a timeframe to start again. A week more or less doesn\u2019t matter right now, but I\u2019d like to know which month I\u2019ll be able to start preparing. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll race again in January, February, March, or April\u2026 it all depends on how I recover. It\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under normal circumstances, Enric Mas would be lining up at the start of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. But…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-104624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}