REMI CAVAGNA SUFFERS BROKEN VERTEBRA IN CRASH WITH TEAMMATE

Amgen Tour of California 2019 - 14th Edition - 3rd stage Stockton - Morgan Hill 207 km - 15/05/2019 - Remi Cavagna (FRA - Deceuninck - Quick Step) - photo Brian Hodes/BettiniPhoto©2019 ***USA OUT***

French road-race champion Remi Cavagna will undergo surgery after breaking a vertebra in a training accident, his team Deceuninck announced on Friday. The 26-year-old, who won a stage in the 2019 Vuelta, was involved in a crash with Belgian teammate Mauri Vansevenant at a pre-season training camp in Spain. Vansevenant broke a thumb in the accident. Cavagna was treated at a hospital in Valencia and is scheduled to undergo surgery on Monday, the Belgian team said, adding that the rider had suffered no nerve damage.

Both @remicav and @MVansevenant99 were involved in a training accident on Wednesday while at our camp in Spain.

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— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) December 10, 2021

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