Remco Evenepoel collaborates with Belgian Post to launch 'Remco Reflex' safety initiative after being doored by post vehicle

Double Olympic champion required surgery after suffering a luxation of the clavicle, contusions on his lungs, a fractured rib, shoulder blade and hand in the collision last Tuesday

Remco Evenepoel
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Just one week after being doored by a Belgian post vehicle, Remco Evenepoel has entered into a partnership with the Belgian postal service (BPost) on a new safety initiative to help protect cyclists from suffering similar incidents.

Evenepoel was involved in a collision with a post van last Tuesday morning which left him hospitalised with a range of different injuries. As well as breaking a rib, his shoulder blade and hand, the Belgian also suffered contusions on his lungs and a luxation of the clavicle which resulted in him needing surgery to repair the damage. His gold S-Works bike was also snapped clean in two due to the impact.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.

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