Belgian Boeckmans in coma after Vuelta crash


  • Cycling
  • Sunday, 30 Aug 2015

Lotto-Soudal rider Kris Boeckmans of Belgium rests after a team training session on the eve of La Vuelta cycling race, in Malaga, southern Spain, August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

MADRID (Reuters) - Belgian Kris Boeckmans is in an induced coma after crashing on the eighth stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, a 182.5-km ride from Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia.

"Kris Boeckmans has a severe facial trauma with several fractures and will probably need surgery," his Belgian team Lotto-Soudal said on their Twitter feed.

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