Remco Evenepoel crashes off bridge during Tour of Lombardy one-day cycling classic
Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel fractured his pelvis and has a right lung contusion after crashing Saturday in the Tour of Lombardy, which was won by Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang.
The 20-year-old Evenepoel "crashed inside the last 50 kilometres, on the descent of Muro di Sormano, hitting a bridge wall and going over it into a ravine," his Deceuninck-Quick-Step team said in a statement.
The team said he was taken to the Como hospital by ambulance, and "was conscious at all times as he underwent a series of examinations to reveal the extent of his injury."
He will be flown to Belgium on Sunday.
Remco Evenepoel lies on the ground after he fell from a bridge during the Tour of Lombardy. AP
Remco Evenepoel is tended to after crashing from a bridge in the Tour of Lombardy. AP
An ambulance receives Remco Evenepoel after his bridge crash in the Tour of Lombardy. AP
Astana rider Fuglsang beat Jumbo-Visma's George Bennett by 31 seconds to win the race, which is one of cycling's five single-day "monuments," with Aleksandr Vlasov third for Astana.
