Remco Evenepoel: Belgian cyclist suffers horror crash off bridge during Giro di Lombardia

Evenepoel was taken to hospital after falling into a ravine
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Tom Doyle15 August 2020

Remco Evenepoel suffered an horrific crash and fell 30 feet into a ravine during the Giro di Lombardia on Saturday.

The 20-year-old Belgian cycling prodigy went over a bridge barrier during a descent. Evenepoel was taken away in an ambulance to Como Hospital€, with his Deceuninck-QuickStep team confirming he is conscious and being assessed.

Evenepoel already has nine wins under his belt this season, more than any other rider.

Cycling News reports Deceuninck-QuickStep's sporting director, Davide Bramati, as telling Sporza. "We didn’t see the fall ourselves, we only heard about it on the race radio.

"When we saw that Remco's data had stopped, we already thought it was him. When we got there, all I saw was his bike. A bike without a rider, that's not a pleasant sight.

"I walked straight down and quickly saw that he was okay. He could talk and said he had pain in his right side.

"He's in the hospital now, with the doctor, Patrick [Lefevere] and his family. I think he'll be all right. But may the bad luck stop for us now.”

Additional reporting by Reuters.

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