{"id":180733,"date":"2025-06-13T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/180733\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:30:10","slug":"michael-matthews-ruled-out-of-tour-de-france-and-sidelined-as-team-discover-signs-of-a-pulmonary-embolism-at-altitude-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/180733\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Matthews ruled out of Tour de France and sidelined as team discover ‘signs of a pulmonary embolism’ at altitude camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Matthews<\/a> won’t ride the 2025 Tour de France<\/a>, his team announced today, and has been ruled out of competition for the moment, after Jayco AlUla’s medical staff discovered “signs of a pulmonary embolism.”<\/p>\n

Matthews’ health is “stable”, reported the team, but to lessen the risk to his well-being, he has stopped all physical activity as they look closer into the severity of the issue.<\/p>\n

It was due to be the Australian rider’s ninth participation at the Tour, as a four-time stage winner and former green points jersey champion.<\/p>\n

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“During a recent altitude training camp, Greenedge Cycling Medical Team discovered signs of a pulmonary embolism and have subsequently decided to pause all physical activity for the rider until further notice, as a precautionary measure,” read a press release<\/a> from Jayco AlUla on Friday.<\/p>\n

“Matthews’ health condition is stable, the medical team are now thoroughly investigating the extent of the issue and possible cause, to define a safe and optimal recovery process for the athlete.<\/p>\n

“During this period of investigation, Matthews will refrain from competition to ensure there is no risk to his health and well-being, therefore ruling out his participation in the upcoming Tour de France.”<\/p>\n

On the NHS website, it lists a pulmonary embolism as “when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel in your lungs,” also stating that “It can be life-threatening if not treated quickly.”<\/p>\n

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Matthews was set to return to competition after netting his first win of the season in early May at Eschborn-Frankfurt<\/a>, which was also his first WorldTour victory since September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Matthews won’t ride the 2025 Tour de France, his team announced today, and has been ruled out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-180733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114675359719081723","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}