Remco Evenepoel shares details of further injuries after 'scary' training ride collision with vehicle

'The comeback starts now' says double Olympic champion after undergoing surgery in Herentals on Tuesday evening

Remco Evenepoel
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Remco Evenepoel has shared an update on his condition after undergoing surgery in Belgium, to repair injuries sustained in a "scary" training ride collision with a postal vehicle on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old Belgian was struck by the door of a Bpost van early on Tuesday morning, which resulted in an extensive list of injuries. Evenepoel suffered fractures to his rib, right shoulder blade and right hand.

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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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