Primož Roglič has said that he suffered a lower back fracture in the crash that forced him out of the Tour de France.
Roglič revealed the extent of his injuries in an Instagram post on Tuesday evening and explained that he had been undergoing rehab at the Red Bull performance centre in Austria.
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