The 37-year-old fell, along with two other cyclists, just a few hundred meters from Thursday's stage finish.

Everyone completed the race but van Vleuten was taken to hospital.

- I knew immediately, she says about the wrist fracture, according to the BBC.

- I am very sorry that I can not defend the pink leader jersey, but above all that there will be no World Cup on a course that suits me.

I'm disappointed I can 't defend my title.

The Dutch will be operated on shortly.

The other day, the Swedish World Cup jumper Emilia Fahlin injured her hand during the Giro Rosa and she will also miss the World Cup in Italian Imola next week.

ARCHIVE: World Cup jump Fahlin injured - championship in danger (15/9)

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World Cup jump Fahlin injured - championship in danger Photo: Bildbyrån / Instagram