According to Het Nieuwsblad, Remco Evenepoel fractured his collarbone after his heavy fall in training, this Tuesday, December 3, in Oetingen (Belgium). Immediately transported to hospital, the Soudal Quick-Step runner does not yet know if he will have to undergo surgery.
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Recent Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel fell heavily in training. | PHOTO: TIM DE WAELE / AFP
Bad luck continues to stick to Remco Evenepoel’s shorts in 2024. Victim of a big fall at the start of the season on the Tour of the Basque Country (fracture of the right clavicle and shoulder blade), the Belgian fell heavily again. training, on the morning of Tuesday December 3, in Oetingen (Belgium). According to the Belgian media Het Laatste Nieuws, Evenepoel hit an open door of the Belgian post office at high speed.
An upcoming operation?
The Soudal Quick-Step rider was immediately transported to Erasmus hospital in Anderlecht. The Newspaper reports that the examinations carried out revealed a fracture of the left clavicle. Further examinations will be carried out at another hospital.
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Nobody knows if Remco Evenepoel will have to have surgery at the moment. Soudal Quick-Step team principal Patrick Lefevere admitted to the media Sporza that his Olympic champion was in pain “shoulder and hand”.
