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Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift<\/a> mega-climber Sarah Gigante<\/a> suffered disaster this week and broke her femur in a training ride.<\/p>\n The Aussie has already received successful surgery but is out for the remainder of the season after her brutal injury.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a devastating blow for the 24-year-old, who was hotly tipped for September\u2019s Kigali world championships.<\/p>\n Gigante and her AG Insurance-Soudal team broke the bad news Saturday morning.<\/p>\n \u201cMy short but sweet stint as Sarah 3.0 was pretty good, so I figured the next step was to level up to Sarah 4.0. I\u2019m super disappointed to have broken my femur in training on Thursday (ouch). But the operation went very well and I\u2019m already counting down until I can eventually ride again,\u201d Gigante wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cI was so looking forward to hopefully representing Australia at a hilly world champs in Rwanda and to then finish off my season in Italy. But at least the four races I did this year were all great ones \u2026 and I sure know how to nail a comeback!<\/p>\n \u201cFor now, it\u2019s time for some R & R and working on my mental resilience even more.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Now begins her road to recovery\u2019<\/p>\n This will be the second time in a year that Gigante has suffered a serious setback.<\/p>\n She was sidelined for eight months over the past winter and spring while she recovered from iliac artery surgery.<\/p>\n However, that long layoff didn\u2019t stop her from blasting back to mark herself as the peloton\u2019s ultimate pocket-rocket climber.<\/p>\n The 165cm speedgoat blazed to two mountaintop victories and finished third overall at the Giro d\u2019Italia, and came within 24 hours of the podium at the Tour de France.<\/p>\n Gigante played superdomestique for Kim Le Court<\/a> through the start of the Tour de France Femmes and climbed to second on the classification ahead of the final stage. She then slid to sixth after she was gapped in the key descent from the Col du Joux Plane<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gigante\u2019s AG Insurance-Soudal team hailed its star climber\u2019s resilience Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cTough news, Sarah Gigante suffered a broken femur in training. The surgery went well, and now begins her road to recovery,\u201d the team wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cKnown for her fighting spirit, Sarah will face this challenge head-on, and the whole team will be by her side.\u201d<\/p>\n \n<\/blockquote>\n