Remco Evenepoel falls from bridge on Il Lombardia descent
Remco Evenepoel (Deceuninck-QuickStep) has suffered a horror crash at Il Lombardia, falling from a bridge while descending with roughly 40 km to go.
Evenepoel had made it into a select lead group on the punishingly steep Muro di Sormano climb and was descending near the front of the race when he overshot a left-hand bend, collided with a bridge railing, and tumbled over the edge. The first sign of something amiss was TV footage of Evenepoel’s riderless bike, leaning against the bridge railing. The host broadcaster soon showed a replay of Evenepoel’s dramatic fall.
Here is the bridge that Evenepoel crashed on, near Erno #ILombardia https://t.co/EPXEdwEndv pic.twitter.com/WRBnwj9nB3
— Daniel Ostanek (@LVCKV) August 15, 2020
The 20-year-old came into Il Lombardia as one of the favourites, despite being on debut at the race. He was perfectly poised in the lead-up to the crash, after his teammate Dries Devenyns helped thin the peloton dramatically on the lead-up to and on the Madonna del Ghisallo climb.
Crash of @EvenepoelRemco on the descent of Sormano. We'll give you more details when we'll have them.#ILombardia
— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) August 15, 2020
Evenepoel was loaded into an ambulance a short time after his fall, with multiple sources confirming that the Belgian was conscious.
.@EvenepoelRemco è stato raggiunto dai soccorritori ed è cosciente | @EvenepoelRemco has been reached by the medical team and he is conscious #ILombardia
— Il Lombardia (@Il_Lombardia) August 15, 2020
After his #ILombardia crash, @EvenepoelRemco has been tended to by the doctors and is now taken to the hospital with the ambulance.
— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) August 15, 2020
More to come …
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