{"id":296042,"date":"2025-07-27T14:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296042\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T14:11:14","slug":"the-pain-in-my-leg-prevented-me-from-pedalling-enric-mas-reveals-reason-behind-tour-de-france-abandonment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296042\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe pain in my leg prevented me from pedalling\u201d \u2013 Enric Mas reveals reason behind Tour de France abandonment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/enric-mas\" title=\"Enric Mas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enric Mas<\/a> withdrew from the 2025 Tour de<br \/>\nFrance after struggling through pain in the mountains, with <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/movistar-team\" title=\"Movistar Team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movistar Team<\/a><br \/>\nconfirming the cause as phlebitis in his left leg. The condition, which made it<br \/>\ndifficult for him to move the joint and forced him to stop pedaling under pressure,<br \/>\nbrought an end to another difficult Tour for the Mallorcan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pain in my leg prevented me from pedalling when I<br \/>\nforced,\u201d Mas said in a statement released by the team. \u201cAfter the suspected<br \/>\ndiagnosis, it was right to take me out of the Tour and remedy it as soon as<br \/>\npossible. In order to get to the next events in the best conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team elaborated in its medical bulletin: \u201cIt confirms<br \/>\nthe suspicion of phlebitis that causes severe pain in his left leg, preventing<br \/>\nhim from moving the joint normally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Mas had been battling since early in the race, falling out<br \/>\nof general classification contention quickly, echoing the frustrations of 2024,<br \/>\nwhen his performance drew public criticism from Movistar general manager<br \/>\nEusebio Unzu\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>This year, he again found himself forced to shift focus from the<br \/>\nGC to breakaway opportunities, most notably during his solo attack on Mont<br \/>\nVentoux. Mas led on the lower slopes but was eventually overhauled by Ben Healy<br \/>\nand Valentin Paret-Peintre, settling for fifth at the summit.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to build on that ride, Mas tried to get into the<br \/>\nbreak again on Stage 18 over the Col du Glandon. The signs, however, were<br \/>\nominous. Pablo Castrillo tried to support him, but Mas quickly lost contact. On<br \/>\nthe descent and the early slopes of the Madeleine, it became clear something<br \/>\nwas wrong. Not long after, Mas abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>The timing, with the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a just a few weeks away,<br \/>\nmade the decision straightforward. Rather than risk a worsening condition, Mas<br \/>\nopted to recover fully at home and prepare for a late-season resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the Tour ended in disappointment for a rider who<br \/>\nonce finished fifth overall and carried Spanish GC hopes. Now confirmed to be<br \/>\nsuffering from phlebitis, his immediate priority is rest and treatment. A<br \/>\nreturn to form in the Vuelta remains the new target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, Enric Mas withdrew from the 2025 Tour de France after struggling through pain in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-296042","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\/114925606349403975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296042","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=296042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}