Tour de France stage winner leaves hospital, one month after being hit by car driver
Lennard Kämna to fly home to Germany to begin rehabilitation after incident in Tenerife last month


Bora-Hansgrohe’s Lennard Kämna has left hospital after being hit by a car driver during a training ride in Tenerife last month.
According to a press release from his team on Wednesday, the Tour de France stage winner is due to fly home to Hamburg in Germany to begin his recovery after the incident. He will receive further treatment from the Bora-Hansgrohe medical department at the BG Klinikum.
"Thank you for all the support over the past few weeks,” Kämna said in the message from Bora-Hansgrohe. "I would especially like to thank my girlfriend and my family who have done everything to make me feel as comfortable as possible.
"It has not been an easy time at the University Hospital in Tenerife, but I am very grateful to the medical team and nurses for what they have done for me over the past few weeks. I am overjoyed that the first step of my recovery has been completed today and that I can now move on to Hamburg.
"I will start my rehab there and I am highly motivated to get back on the bike as soon as possible. But the most important thing is to get healthy again."
The German rider was in the process of preparing for the upcoming Giro d’Italia before being struck by the car driver.
According to his team, Kämna suffered "numerous injuries, especially to his chest" and he underwent "successful surgery" last week in Tenerife.
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
At the time of the incident, an initial message from Bora explained that Kämna had been hit by the driver after they turned left into his lane. He was riding with teammates and coaches at the time, but nobody else was injured.
Kämna is part of a select group of over 100 riders to have won stages in all three Grand Tours. The 27-year-old won a stage of the Tour de France in 2020, before winning a stage of the Giro two years later. He then won a stage at the Vuelta a España last September.
Before heading to the Giro, he was due to ride the recent Tour of the Alps, a race in which he has also regularly tasted stage winning success in recent years.
Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Join now for unlimited access
Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

Tom has been writing for Cycling Weekly since 2022 and his news stories, rider interviews and features appear both online and in the magazine.
Since joining the team, he has reported from some of professional cycling's biggest races and events including the Tour de France and the World Championships in Glasgow. He has also covered major races elsewhere across the world. As well as on the ground reporting, Tom writes race reports from the men's and women's WorldTour and focuses on coverage of UK domestic cycling.
-
'We're definitely not done yet' - Olav Kooij sprints to victory on stage 12 of the Giro d’Italia
Perfect lead out from Wout van Aert sets up the Dutchman in the final kilometre
-
'I feel pain in my sprinter's heart': Marcel Kittel reacts to Tour de France final stage shake-up in Paris
Retired German sprinting great says inclusion of cobbled climb to Montmartre before Champs-Élysées finish will be 'very stressful' and would leave him 'disappointed as a rider'
-
Will the sprinters make it to the Champs-Élysées? Tour de France 2025 final stage places Montmartre climb 6km from the finish
ASO confirms punchy race finale with three ascents of the Butte Montmartre
-
'I never thought I would do this' - Daan Hoole beats Josh Tarling to time trial victory on Giro d’Italia stage 10 as Isaac del Toro retains race lead
Hoole wins the day with a time of 32:30 in Pisa, Tarling finishes seven seconds down
-
Giro d’Italia stage 10: key rider time trial start times
Race leader Isaac del Toro set to roll down the start ramp at 16:40 local time, Josh Tarling off at 14:36
-
Giro d'Italia stage 10 time trial: Live streams, timings, where to watch
It's an important day at the 2025 Giro d'Italia – here are the broadcast details and start times for the stage 10 time trial from Lucca to Pisa today.
-
The rapid rise of Isaac del Toro - Could a 21-year-old from Mexico challenge at the Giro d'Italia?
In the Baja California native, UAE Emirates-XRG appear to have found yet another potential Grand Tour contender
-
'They never once checked me for concussion' - Jonas Vingegaard calls out head injury protocol after Paris-Nice crash
Two-time Tour de France winner says he was 'completely dizzy and nauseous' in days after crash