Cycling-Evenepoel suffers multiple fractures and dislocated collarbone in training crash

Cycling - UCI World Championships 2024 - Men's Elite Road Race - Zurich, Switzerland - September 29, 2024 Belgium's Remco Evenepoel in action with Netherlands' Mathieu van der Poel REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/ File Photo

(Reuters) -Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel suffered fractures to his rib, shoulder blade and hand, along with a dislocated collarbone and lung contusions, his team Soudal-QuickStep said on Tuesday, following reports of a collision with a vehicle in Belgium.

According to Belgian media reports, the 24-year-old crashed into an open door of a postal vehicle while he was on a training ride in Oetingen.