Direct Energie sprinter Bryan Coquard will miss this week's Ruta del Sol after being taken to hospital following a training crash.
The French team announced on their website on Tuesday afternoon that Coquard was taken to hospital in Spain, where his injuries seemed to be "relatively serious".
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