Katusha-Alpecin's Marco Haller facing long lay-off after collision with car on training ride

The Austrian was riding with his compatriot Bernhard Eisel when the car collided with him

Marco Haller in hospital after collision with car (Katusha-Alpecin)

Katusha-Alpecin's Marco Haller will face a long stretch on the sidelines and miss the 2018 Tour de France after being hit by a car on a training ride in his native Austria.

The 27-year-old, who would have formed a key part of sprinter Marcel Kittel's lead-out train for the Tour, suffered multiple fractures to the left knee after the car hit him from the right hand side.

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