BMC Racing's Peter Stetina and Taylor Phinney will return to racing following lengthy rehabilitation for similar leg injuries at the 2015 Tour of Utah.
Stetina broke his tibia and patella on his right knee when he crashed into an unprotected bollard in the road during the finish of stage 1 of the Vuelta a Pais Vasco on April 6 this year.
In June, Stetina reported a breakthrough in progress after having the wiring that held his kneecap together removed, and he began to aim to return to racing before the season's end.
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Phinney's rehabilitation has taken much longer due to the severity of his injury. He has been out of competition since May, 2014, when a motorcycle stopped in his path on the descent from Lookout Mountain in the USA Cycling Professional National Championships. He suffered a compound fracture of his tibia, a disclocated fibula, shattered his kneecap, and severed his patellar tendon when he crashed into a guard rail.
Initially, Phinney hoped to return at this year's Tour of California, but had to scale back those ambitions when his recovery did not progress as quickly as he would have liked.
BMC general manager Jim Ochowicz told Cyclingnews in May that he wanted Phinney to race this season "just for confidence", with an aim at being full strength for next year's Classics.
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