Updated: Bad luck strikes Visma yet again as Jorgenson breaks collarbone at Amstel Gold Race

Matteo Jorgenson was one of the names to watch going into the Ardennes Classics, but a crash early in the finale of the Amstel Gold Race ended both his day and his Ardennes campaign, one of his primary goals of the season. The American opted out of the Cobbled Classics where he's thrived in the past, choosing instead to go all in for the Ardennes triple of Amstel Gold, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Jorgenson was the sole leader of his Visma-Lease a Bike team going into Sunday's race, and he delivered on his promise by getting into the decisive move with 42 km to go. However, his race ended only a kilometre later when he was unable to avoid Kévin Vauquelin's sliding body as the Frenchman crashed in a narrow corner. Jorgenson looked to be the worst affected in the crash, staying on his back in obvious discomfort with a bloodied right elbow and probable shoulder injury. It was no surprise then that he abandoned the race, and his team later confirmed that their leader for the Ardennes had broken his collarbone and would be ruled out of the rest of the Ardennes races at the very least. The next race on Jorgenson's programme is now the Tour de Suisse in two months' time.