Mark Cavendish suffers two broken ribs and collapsed lung in Six Days of Ghent crash

The Briton spent the night in an ICU in hospital following the collision at Kuipke Velodrome

Mark Cavendish Six Days of Ghent
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Deceuninck - Quick-Step have confirmed Mark Cavendish suffered two broken ribs and a collapsed lung in the high-speed crash he was involved in at the Ghent Six on Sunday night. 

Cavendish was taken to Ghent University Hospital on a stretcher, where he spent the night in an ICU. 

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