Remco Evenepoel broke his left collarbone in an accident with a postal vehicle while training Tuesday morning near Brussels, several Belgian media reported, citing medical sources.
The 24-year-old runner was to be transferred during the day to Herentals hospital in a specialized department where a plate should be placed to consolidate the fracture and where a precise medical assessment will be established, according to the websites of the daily newspapers Het Laatste Nieuws and Het Nieuwsblad.
While training alone in the Gooik region, the 2022 world champion was unable to avoid a Belgian post car, whose postwoman suddenly opened the door as the rider was about to overtake her.
According to several witnesses to the accident, Evenepoel, pale, trembling but conscious, curled up on himself before being taken care of by paramedics who placed him on a stretcher in a sitting position before taking him away. at the Erasme hospital in Anderlecht where a fracture of the left clavicle, without displacement, was noted.
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