Even the usually positive Roglic has had enough after another major crash: "It's shit"

After the race, the leader of the German team, who had also crashed on Wednesday without much harm, provided an update. "It's crazy. Another big crash..."

"I fell on the shoulder I had surgery on a couple of years ago, that's the only thing. It's shit that these things happen. But we need to do more checks to see what kind of state my shoulder it," he explained. "Whether I can continue? I don't know yet, I need to see the doctor. I'm still better off than some of the other guys."

Indeed, former teammates Dylan van Baarle and Steven Kruijswijk left the Critérium du Dauphiné in an ambulance with injuries, appearing to be the most severely affected. Roglic also saw competitors like Juan Ayuso and Remco Evenepoel, and teammate Jai Hindley fall, but he finished the race with them. For both Evenepoel and Roglic, it was their first race since the major crash in the Tour of the Basque Country.

"It's crap that these things keep happening. The first guys in the peloton slid away and there was little we could do about it. There was no other choice but to hit the ground, just like all the guys around me," concludes the Slovenian leader of BORA-hansgrohe, who is still second in the general classification of the French race. He is 33 seconds behind Evenepoel.

Team director Rolf Aldag provided his interpretation to Cycling Pro Net. "Many riders were transported to the hospital. I see it as a race incident, it was so slippery... but for some riders, it now has far-reaching consequences. We'll have to check on Primoz through the doctor."

"A kilometer further it had already dried up, but unfortunately, it has long been part of our sport. The most recent crashes always stay in your memory, but it's something that has always happened. There are more now, but that's due to more street furniture and the like. A crash like this, on slippery roads, we've seen in the past and we'll see again," said the realistic German.