Romain Bardet, who suffers from a concussion after his fall during the 13th stage had to abandon the Tour de France this Friday.

"A stroke of luck" hard to swallow for his manager Vincent Lavenue and his entire AG2R La Mondiale team, which the Frenchman will be leaving at the end of the season.

Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), the best French chance for the general classification after the fall of Thibaut Pinot in the first stage, had to abandon the Tour de France on Friday evening, suffering from a concussion after having fallen in a descent during the 13th stage.

A first on the Grande Boucle for the Frenchman, second in the edition in 2016.

"He had certain troubles, vomiting"

The Auvergne runner took exams at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital after the finish of the race in Puy Mary (Cantal).

He occupied 11th place in the general classification.

His general manager on the AG2R team, Vincent Lavenue, then reported that his rider was suffering from a concussion.

“When we went back down to the hotel we realized that he had certain disorders, vomiting. We took him for an emergency scan at Clermont hospital. The clinical evaluation showed that he had suffered a concussion ", he reacted to the microphone of Europe 1.

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Romain Bardet, who had not set an objective in the general classification this year, had nevertheless started to dream of a podium on the Champs-Élysées over the stages.

A terrible disillusionment for Vincent Lavenue who will lose his leader for many years at the end of the season after signing for the German team Sunweb.

"That's how it is, it's sport"

"It's very unfortunate because it was a beautiful day ahead for him on his home soil and also for the team. Unfortunately, fate wanted something quite different. It's a big disappointment. It's like that, it's sport. Now we're going to fight for Romain. I know that physical form is still there. He will be able to recover quite easily from a concussion and he will gradually resume training ", said Vincent Lavenue who hopes to see his rider on the bike soon enough.

Will he be postponed for the Giro d'Italia which is looming from October 3 to 25, its priority objective before confinement?

The race against time has already started.