Ineos Grenadiers' Thymen Arensman after Vuelta a España crash: 'My helmet probably saved my life'

Ineos rider says he was "incredibly lucky" after emerging relatively unscathed from high-speed crash

Thymen Arensman receives treatment from medical staff following his crash
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Ineos Grenadiers Thymen Arensman said that his helmet had probably saved his life when he crashed heavily five kilometres from the Vuelta a España’s stage seven finish in Oliva on Friday. 

"I can’t remember anything from what happened and woke up in the hospital, I must have been out for a few hours," the 23-year-old Dutchman said on Instagram.

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Peter Cossins has been writing about professional cycling since 1993, with his reporting appearing in numerous publications and websites including Cycling WeeklyCycle Sport and Procycling - which he edited from 2006 to 2009. Peter is the author of several books on cycling - The Monuments, his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, followed in 2015 by Alpe d’Huez, an appraisal of cycling’s greatest climb. Yellow Jersey - his celebration of the iconic Tour de France winner's jersey won the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year Award.