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Alasdair Fotheringham

‘It doesn’t hurt at all' - Ion Izagirre racing Tour de France with broken rib from Suisse crash

Ion Izagirre AS Tour de France Tour Ion Izagirre Cofidis
Ion Izagirre during the 2024 Tour de France.

Double Tour de France stage winner Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) has revealed that he is racing this year’s Grand Boucle with a broken rib, but insists that “It doesn’t hurt at all.”

The 35-year-old Basque suffered the injury in the Tour de Suisse, he told AS newspaper, when he became caught up in a crash with stage 1 winner and early leader Yves Lampaert (Soudal-QuickStep) and finally abandoned on stage 7. 

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