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Gaviria had to leave the Tour after falling into the final sprint and breaking her collarbone

The Colombian cyclist of the Caja Rural Navarro team, who fell within 200 metres of the finish line, took several runners ahead and crossed the finish line with his arm stopped.

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The Colombian Fernando Gaviria, in pain, at the end of the twelfth stage. Photo: EFE

The Colombian Fernando Gaviria, a runner of the Navarre team Caja Rural, has been forced to leave the Tour de France after fracturing his left collarbone , according to the Caja Rural team.

The Colombian cyclist, who fell 200 metres from the finish line, took several cyclists in front of him and crossed the finish line with his arm motionless, after which tests showed a fracture in his left collarbone, according to Caja Rural.

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CHALON-SUR-SAONE (France), 16/07/2026.- Colombian cyclist Fernando Gaviria (C) of Caja Rural - Seguros RGA reacts after a crash during Stage 12 of the Tour de France, a 179.1 km route from the Nevers Magny Cours Circuit to Chalon-sur-Saone, France, 16 July 2026. (Ciclismo, Francia) EFE/EPA/ETIENNE GARNIER / POOL
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The Colombian was taking part in his third Tour, but he has not finished any. He won two stages in 2018 and wore the yellow jersey on a day before leaving the race in the twelfth stage, and 2024 gave up the Tour in the 17th.

Juanma Hernandez, director of the A00 team, has lamented the loss of the cyclist, whose Dutch teammate, Alex Molenaar, had to leave the team in the sixth stage on his way to Gavarnie. "It's very hard for us, it was one of our options, it could have been ranked among the top five in today's stage," he said.

He added that the talksfor the renewal of Gaviria's  are well advanced and wished him a speedy recovery so that he can "stay" on the team. "He is a cyclist who conveys, who works well helping young people, and it is a pride to have such a cyclist," he said.

"We've lost two very important pieces, now we have to change the chip, we have very mountainous stages ahead of us, it's going to be hard to win one, but we're going to try," he said.

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