Aleix Espargaro is forced to withdraw from his professional cycling debut due to an injury.
The Ex-MotOGP racer is suspected of having a bone broken after a small crash.
Espargaro ended up withdrawing from stage 3 of his Austrian tour.
He previously was impressed by his new sport and on behalf of Riddle Trek, he finished stage one in a bunch.
Espargaro said before the 167m race:
“More. For MotoGP, I arrived after a logical process and went through Moto 3 and Moto 2.
“Now I’ll be here even if I have an amateur career.”
On Thursday, he said, “Surviving on the first day! What tension, speed… crazy.
“I’ve been struggling, but I’m having a bit of fun with this amazing team.”
Espargaro’s cycling debut began just a week after competing in Assen’s Dutch Motogup for the factory Honda team.
He raced as a wild card and joined Honda as part of the test team when he left racing full-time with Aprilia at the end of last season.
Cycling has long been Espargaro’s passion, and his professional debut was also controversial in his MotoGP days.
Recently, he took his best friend Jorge Martin together on the bike as part of his training.