Shock: Cycling prodigy falls down a bridge

The 20-year-old Belgian hit the wall of a bridge while descending at full speed, rolled over and fell down a slope. Exact information about his state of health was initially not available. Evenepoel suffers a broken pelvis and a bruised lung There is now an update on the condition of Evenepoel. The young Belgian star suffered a broken pelvis and a bruised right lung in his horror fall. His Deceuninck-Quick-Step team announced these results of an X-ray examination in Como on Saturday evening. Evenepoel is scheduled to be transferred by flight to his Belgian homeland on Sunday. Evenepoel is considered the cycling talent par excellence In his home country, the young star is already being compared to the icon Eddy Merckx; he recently won the Tour of Poland. It was his fourth tour victory in as many starts this year. Schachmann also falls Just ten days ago, Evenepoel's teammate Fabio Jakobsen had a serious fall during the Tour of Poland. The 23-year-old Dane even had to be put into an artificial coma for two days due to severe head injuries. Another shocking moment on the Tour of Lombardy was a collision between German champion Maximilian Schachmann shortly before the finish with a car that had no business being on the route. The 26-year-old Bora Hansgrohe rider was able to get back on his bike after the collision and complete the tour. He ended up seventh, 4:31 minutes behind. The winner after 231 kilometers was the Dane Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team).

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Shock: Cycling prodigy falls down a bridge

Cycling prodigy Remco Evenepoel fell badly during the Tour of Lombardy on Saturday.

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