Anxiety for Remco Evenepoel, terrible accident: on bike against open door of a van

The Belgian crashed into the door of a local postal vehicle: transported to the hospital in Anderlecht, suspected fractures to the collarbone and wrist

di GIUSY ANNA MARIA D'ALESSIO
3 December 2024
Remco Evenepoel (Ansa)

Remco Evenepoel (Ansa)

Rome, 3 December 2024 - Cyclists and road safety, a significant topic in Italy, but not only, as demonstrated by what happened in Eatingin Belgium, Remco Evenepoel, victim of a road accident and immediately transported to the hospital Anderlecht.

Evenepoel's Conditions

The runner of Soudal Quick Step He had just returned home to resume training for next season after having attended the Formula 1 Grand Prix of the Qatar. At that location, the 2000-born athlete had brought with him the two gold medals won at the Paris 2024 Olympics, also shown off in the photos taken with the team's drivers Alpine, from whom he had received the invitation to the event together with his wife Oumi Rayane: a chromatic detail, the golden one, also present on the helmet and on his bike, this morning literally broken in two after the impact with the door of a vehicle Bpost, the post office Belgium. evenepoel he never lost consciousness and was immediately assisted, complaining of pain in one arm and one shoulder which led to fears of fractures to the collarbone and wrist, as also stated to the first reporters who rushed to the hospital by his father PatrickThe runner was wrapped in a thermal blanket and immediately taken to the hospital Erasmus di Anderlecht for the necessary investigations. With the hope that the affair ends with a bad scare and with the umpteenth controversy on the bad habits of motorists, among which precisely the opening of the door without paying attention to the presence of other vehicles on the road and in particular the weaker ones such as bicycles, the path of preparation of evenepoel see you next season, which has just come to the fore after a well-deserved holiday.

Tonelli to the Polti Kometa Team

Meanwhile the transfer market continues, making its final moves, in addition to reporting a withdrawal, that of Tom Devriendt, now a former runner of the Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team who has long had to deal with an ordeal dictated by the Crohn's disease: he had previously hung up his bike Dario Cataldo, who climbs onto the flagship of theAstana Qazaqstan Team. There is still a future in the group for Alessandro Tonelli, which closes the roster of the Team Polti Kometa, from which he emerged instead Andrea Garosio, who in turn did not hide the existing option of retirement. "After a decade in the same team, changing is almost like going back to being a neo-professional: I intend to put my wealth of experience at the service of this team, which I thank for the opportunity I have had". From the expert from Brescia, to the farewell step from VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè, to the young man Alessandro Fancellu, In which 2025 will pass by Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team al JCL Team Ukyo.  

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