Giant Alpecin have confirmed that four of the riders involved in Saturday’s training accident will return home. However, the team have also told Cyclingnews that they may be forced to skip races over the coming months, and that it is unlikely – although not certain – that John Degenkolb will miss the Classics.
The German rider, along with Warren Barguil, Chad Haga, Fredrik Ludvigsson, Ramon Sinkeldam and Max Walscheid, was involved in a head-on collision with a car while training in Calpe, Spain on Saturday.
All six were rushed to hospital with Haga and Degenkolb suffering the most severe injuries. Degenkolb suffered a serious hand injury, confirming later on Facebook that the end of a finger had almost been entirely severed. The team confirmed that Degenkolb had a successful surgery on a cut to his upper leg.
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Haga was airlifted to hospital, suffering from neck and facial injuries. The team said he had successful surgery on his neck and chin wounds. Haga also has an orbital fracture that will be treated later.
Just over 24 hours after the accident, team manager Iwan Spekenbrink told Cyclingnews, that “riders are already on their way home for treatments and examinations. It was terrible what happened and today was about grouping together and processing what happened."
Haga and Degenkolb will remain in hospital and Spekenbrink is aware that the team have been dealt a huge blow from a racing standpoint. The 27-man team were already short of numbers with Tom Veelers and Nikias Arndt both on the treatment table with pre-existing injuries. With such a busy race schedule on the horizon the team may be forced to pull their team from certain races, although Spekenbrink told Cyclingnews that it was too early to speculate or confirm the squad’s plans.
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