Today's stage of the Tour de France was marked by the violent crash of William Bonnet who was immediately transferred to the hospital in Huy. First the news were reassuring but in the end it was a relatively serious diagnosis for William Bonnet.

Initially, the first news from Dr. Gerard Guillaume were reassuring: Bonnet would have suffred a head injury without loss of consciousness, and a neck trauma without neurological consequences.
 
Then, Dr. Gerard Guillaume and FDJ manager Marc Madiot went to meet him after the finish. The news are not great because the tests revealed a multi-fragmented fracture of the second cervical vertebra. This fracture requires immediate surgical treatment to stabilize the neck and prevent neurological damage. He will be transferred Paris quickly. Dr. Guillaume said that the fracture was not of a serious nature. It is a stabilization surgery to prevent major risks.