Cycling - Dutch cyclist Pieters moved to neuro-rehab facility


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 18 Aug 2022

FILE PHOTO: Amy Pieters of the Netherlands.

(Reuters) - Amy Pieters, the Dutch cyclist who suffered brain damage in a training crash in December, has been moved to an intensive neuro-rehabilitation facility in the Netherlands, her team said on Thursday.

The three-time Madison world champion required surgery and was put in an induced coma following the crash in Alicante, Spain and only regained consciousness in April.

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