The UAE Emirates-XRG team of Tadej Poga\u010dar has confirmed fractures to the world champion, who was forced to exit the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a while leading overall Saturday.<\/p>\n
Poga\u010dar crashed close to the end of stage 8, apparently hitting a rock on the road. He was unable to continue and has now been diagnosed with heavy injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is stable, and following a thorough medical assessment at hospital, Tadej has been diagnosed with a concussion, displaced left clavicle fracture, a stable C7 cervical fracture, and multiple abrasion,\u201d stated UAE Emirates-XRG medical director Dr. Adrian Rotunno. \u201cFortunately, no other major injuries and no neurological fallout.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe will require clavicle surgery which will be delayed due to concussion precautions.\u201d<\/p>\n
The initial assessment from official Vuelta race doctors had already listed a possible acromioclavicular sprain or fracture, head trauma, plus a laceration above Poga\u010dar\u2019s left eyebrow.<\/p>\n
However the full and exact nature of his injuries were not clear until after the hospital examination.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Saturday, the English version of the Vuelta\u2019s medical bulletin used the term \u201ctraumatic brain injury.\u201d The original Spanish report listed \u201cTCE,\u201d short for \u201ctraumatismo craneoencef\u00e1lico,\u201d while the French version used \u201ctraumatisme cr\u00e2nien.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both are broader medical terms for head trauma, and the report did not specify the severity of the injury.<\/p>\n
Poga\u010dar underwent further examinations at the local hospital. UAE Emirates-XRG subsequently released an official update on his condition.<\/p>\n
All three findings remained preliminary pending the further examinations at the hospital.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old crashed heavily on the left side of the peloton as the bunch raced toward the day\u2019s final category 3 climb and expected sprint finish. Television images showed the world No. 1 hitting the road hard at high speed.<\/p>\n
Poga\u010dar tried to stand and immediately clutched his left shoulder before abandoning the race. He received treatment at the scene and was transferred directly to a local hospital, team officials confirmed to Velo<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the first moment he wanted to continue, but there was shoulder pain. It was a bad moment and it was obvious that he could not continue in the race,\u201d UAE sport manager Joxean Fern\u00e1ndez Matx\u00edn said. \u201cHe went directly to ambulance and now he\u2019s with the doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n The crash brought a shocking end to Poga\u010dar\u2019s first Vuelta appearance since 2019. He dominated the opening week, winning three stages and building a commanding lead in the red jersey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/vuelta-a-espana\/tadej-pogacar-hospitalized-shoulder-fracture-head-injury-vuelta-crash\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Vuelta-Espana-2026-Stage-1-6367.jpg”] Andrew Hood Updated August 29, 2026 01:47PM The UAE Emirates-XRG team of Tadej Poga\u010dar has confirmed fractures to the world champion, who was forced to exit the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a while leading overall Saturday. Poga\u010dar crashed close to the end of stage 8, apparently hitting a rock on the road. He was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2119196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119196","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=2119196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2119196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2119196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2119196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}