Luke Rowe is eyeing a return to racing at next April's Commonwealth Games in Australia and intends to ride the 2018 Vuelta a España as he continues to recover from a career-threatening leg break.
Rowe suffered 20 fractures in his lower right leg and foot when he jumped straight-legged into low water while white water rafting on his brother's stag-do in August. Surgeons fitted an 800-gramme metal rod in his shin and warned him he may never race again.
However, the 27-year-old Welshman considers his full recovery as a personal challenge and chance to even improve as a rider. He recently rode on the track for the first time and hopes to train on the road in early December.
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"I think the Commies [Commonwealth Games] would be a lovely way to come back into the sport," Rowe told the Telegraph in an interview at home in Cardiff.
"I mean, representing Wales. I love representing GB, I love representing Sky, but representing Wales is potentially just that little bit more special, being a patriotic guy."
Rowe is cautious about fixing any comeback date in stone "because then if you don't make it you can get quite down", he explained. However, just 12 weeks after surgery, he is ahead of schedule and already riding on the track and home trainer.
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