Champion cyclist hospitalised after horror crash

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Champion British cyclist Mark Cavendish says he's being treated for breached ribs and a collapsed lung pursuing a clang astatine a way lawsuit successful Belgium.

Cavendish, 36, was rushed to infirmary and spent the nighttime successful intensive attraction aft crashing during the last contention of the Ghent Six Day event.

The clang appeared to hap arsenic a effect of h2o connected the track, which Cavendish hinted was the case. Several riders fell, but it was the British prima who suffered astir and had to beryllium taken disconnected connected a stretcher.

He was sitting successful 4th alongside teammate Iljo Keisse astatine the clip of the crash.

"Just privation to accidental however overwhelmed and thankful I americium for each the enactment and well-wishes," helium wrote connected Twitter.

"I deliberation it's just to accidental immoderate h2o connected the track. A high-speed clang and a fewer tube rolls later, I'm being treated for immoderate breached ribs and a pneumothorax.

"In a spot of pain, but a mates of nights with the unthinkable unit present astatine Ghent by University Hospital should benignant maine out."

Belgian cyclist Jasper De Buyst, who narrowly avoided being portion of the crash, was frustrated pursuing the incident.

"Stupid that it has to hap similar this," De Buyst said.

"I had noticed the thigh earlier that determination was immoderate water, but past I ran implicit it astatine a slower speed. The adjacent thigh it went wholly wrong."

Cavendish's squad released a connection aft the crash, saying the British prima is expected to marque a afloat recovery.

"Examinations showed that Mark has suffered 2 breached ribs connected his near broadside and has a tiny pneumothorax (collapsed lung), some of which person been treated with medicine and helium has been kept successful the infirmary for observation," the squad said. "It is expected that Mark volition beryllium discharged either aboriginal contiguous oregon time morning, and volition past acquisition a play of recuperation."

The 36-year-old Cavendish has enjoyed a revival this season, equaling Eddy Merckx's all-time grounds of 34 Tour de France signifier wins successful July.

- with AP

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