The double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel suffered fractures to his rib, right shoulder blade and hand, his team, Soudal-QuickStep, said on Tuesday. According to Belgian media, the 24-year-old crashed into an open door of a postal vehicle while he was on a training ride in Oetingen.
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Evenepoel, who claimed gold in the men’s road race and time trial at the Paris Olympics, was conscious after the incident, with the impact breaking his bike, reports said.
“Remco has pain in his shoulder and his hand. Our doctor is working on it,” Soudal-QuickStep’s manager, Patrick Lefevere, told the Belgium’ website Sporza. “His bike broke in two. But it’s better to split his bike in two than his arm.”
Evenepoel’s father, Patrick, told the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad: “He has already sent us a message, so we hope everything is OK.”
Evenepoel was taken to the Erasmus hospital in Anderlecht and will now be moved to Herentals, where he will be assessed further.
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