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Follow us on GoogleChloé Dygert may have suffered a serious injury again after a heavy crash at the Tour Down Under. The American rider for CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto didn’t even make it to the finish of the stage race in Australia on Monday, and her name was also listed as a DNF in the one-day race on Wednesday. The American team reported that she visited a hospital.
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After the race won by Maggie Coles-Lyster, CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto spoke of “a bitter end to the day”. The team had been eager to sprint with Dygert, but after multiple crashes in the finale, the team leader also went down. “Chloé crashed hard and is on her way to the hospital. We’ll share updates as they become available.”
It, of course, is not the first time Dygert has ended up in hospital — her crash at the 2020 World Championships in the individual time trial is still vividly remembered by every cycling fan who watched. After her major breakthrough winning the world time trial title in 2019 in Harrogate, Dygert was on her way to dominating again at the 2020 Worlds in Imola — until she suddenly smashed into a guardrail in a corner.
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Dygert returned with second world title
Dygert suffered a very serious thigh injury, in which 80 % of her quadriceps muscle was damaged and major tendons were affected. The American underwent multiple surgeries and previously said she still experiences chronic pain in her leg due to scar tissue. It was a small miracle that in 2021 she already finished seventh in the World Championships time trial.
At CANYON//SRAM she was given all the time and space to fully return. In 2022 she raced only once, but in 2023 she showed her strength with a stage win at the RideLondon Classique and U.S. national titles in both the road race and time trial. Her big comeback was complete when she became world champion in the time trial again that same year.
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Dygert became world time trial champion for the second time in 2023
Dygert wants to win again in 2026
In the years that followed, we saw Dygert increasingly in European races. After her debut in the Giro Donne in 2023, she rode the Tour de France Femmes in both 2024 and 2025 and also finished third in the time trial at the Paris Olympics. But her victories since her 2023 world title have been few — her only win came in Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under in 2025.
That had to change for 2026, Dygert said this winter with ambition to Cyclingnews. She said she was “looking forward to learning from mistakes made over so many years of experience and taking a step forward. I want to stay healthy, even though I can’t control everything. I’m tired of losing — so I want that to happen as little as possible this year.”
Even the fact that putting on her socks still hurts every day due to her leg injury is something Dygert has learned to live with. She will never be the same rider she was before her crash. The new setback at the Tour Down Under will therefore hit even harder.
Bram van der PloegEditor-in-chief
Bram van der Ploeg (35) is the proud founder of In de Leiderstrui, IDL Pro Cycling's parent site, launched in 2018. Finally, he could create stories about the sport he had followed since childhood. He is the editor-in-chief on paper, but prefers to be with his recorder next to a rider, a team bus, or in the mud at a cyclocross race. Every year, from February to the end of May, Bram follows the entire Italian cycling season, from the Trofeo Laigueglia to the Giro d'Italia, with the grand finale in October in Lombardy. During that time, he lives in Tuscany, where he has since come to call Italy his 'home'.
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