{"id":1690291,"date":"2026-01-27T02:48:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1690291"},"modified":"2026-01-27T02:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:48:25","slug":"kangaroo-carnage-vine-breaks-wrist-in-down-under-crash-as-team-uae-hammered-by-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1690291","title":{"rendered":"Kangaroo Carnage: Vine Breaks Wrist in Down Under Crash as Team UAE Hammered by Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Updated January 28, 2026 01:57AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Jay Vine 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 Santos Tour Down Under.<\/p>\n

UAE Emirates-XRG revealed Vine broke his wrist when he crashed amid the carnage caused by two kangaroos hopping into the speeding bunch on the final stage of the Aussie race.<\/p>\n

\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

\u201cHe will be withdrawn from competition for post-op recovery and rehabilitation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

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UAE loses four in one week<\/h2>\n
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Narvaez and Bjerg are also out of action after their season debut in Australia. (Photo: Con Chronis\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s a tough start for UAE Team Emirates as it looks to top its historic 2025 season. 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

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

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The 30-year-old will be recovered for the May Grande Partenza,<\/em> but will be down on his training schedule.<\/p>\n

Narv\u00e1ez is another costly loss for UAE Emirates XRG as it warms its engine for the new season.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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Multiple injuries in kangaroo chaos: \u2018They\u2019re the most dangerous thing in Australia\u2019<\/h2>\n
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Multiple riders were brought down and injured when kangaroos hopped in to the bunch at TDU.<\/span> (Photo: Con Chronis\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vine is only the latest confirmed casualty from the chaos that unfurled when two rogue kangaroos bounded into the Tour Down Under on Sunday.<\/p>\n

UAE Emirates workhorse Bjerg was reported by DR Sporten<\/em> 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

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

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\u201cEveryone asks me what\u2019s the most dangerous thing in Australia. I always tell them it\u2019s kangaroos,\u201d Vine told ABC Australia<\/em> on Sunday after he successfully finished the final stage with a broken wrist and won the Ochre jersey.<\/p>\n

\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<\/div>\n

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Updated January 28, 2026 01:57AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Source URL: https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/vine-breaks-wrist-down-under-kangaroo-crash\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Updated January 28, 2026 01:57AM Jay Vine 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 Santos Tour Down Under. UAE Emirates-XRG revealed Vine broke his wrist when he crashed amid the carnage caused by two kangaroos hopping into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1690292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-1690291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1690291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1690291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1690292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1690291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1690291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1690291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}