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Le Court-Pienaar Was Already Hurt Before Worlds Even Started
Kim Le Court-Pienaar's quadriceps tear in Montréal wasn't the only injury on her leg. She'd arrived at the World Championships already carrying a knee injury from a crash at Classic Lorient Agglomération on August 25 — weeks, not months, before the Worlds start.
AG Insurance-Soudal's statement framed the season-ending call around the fresh quadriceps tear from the Montréal pileup. But that tear landed on a knee that hadn't recovered from Lorient, and on a wrist still fresh from surgery after the April crash at Tour of Flanders. Three separate crashes, three separate injuries, one season — on a rider who was also the team's biggest points-scorer of 2026.
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