(ANSA) – BRUSSELS, AUGUST 09 – The Belgian Tiesj Benoot has announced that he is suffering from a “small” cervical fracture, which should cause him to miss the end of the cycling season, after being the victim of a violent accident during training on Monday in Italy. “First of all I want to tell everyone that I’m fine”, the Jumbo-Visma rider reassured on social media. “Yesterday (Monday) I was involved in an accident in the Italian Alps. I am hospitalized where I am receiving good treatment. Despite the seriousness of the situation – the tests showed that I suffer from a small fracture in my neck – I have never been in danger of life “, he continued, indicating that he was in” stable “conditions.
“In the coming weeks I will be completely focused on my recovery,” concluded the rider, who should therefore miss the end of the season. Yesterday the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws announced that Benoot had been hit by a car during training. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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