Tour Down Under Kangaroo Crash Leaves Riders with Fractures, Teams Confirm Injuries

February 8, 2026 Alex Carter - Sports Editor Sport

More details of the full consequences of the injuries to riders forced to abandon after the kangaroo caused crash in the last stage of the Tour Down Under have now emerged.

Four riders left the race consequently of the crash, sparked when two kangaroos – one also visibly injured in the incident – ran into the bunch. Leader and eventual winner Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) also went down in the same pile-up but could finally continue.

Dane Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates-XRG),one of the four to quit along with Alberto Dainese (Soudal-QuickStep),Lucas Stevenson (Australia) and Menno Huising (Visma-Lease a Bike) in the crash,has suffered a fracture in the acromioclavicular joint in his shoulder,and also a fracture in his hand.