Lampre-Merida manager not convinced Fran Ventoso's injury was caused by disc brake

The Movistar rider was reportedly injured after colliding with a disc brake at Paris-Roubaix, but Lampre-Merida manager Brent Copeland says he finds that difficult to believe

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Francisco Ventoso said that a disc brake sliced his left shin in Sunday's Paris-Roubaix, but Lampre-Merida team manager Brent Copeland says he is not convinced after seeing the injury.

Copeland, alongside his rider Federico Zurlo, spent four hours with team Movistar's Spaniard in the hospital waiting room.

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