Cyclist Remco Evenepoel is lifted on a stretcher after he crashed into a ravine. AFP Previous NextBelgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel suffered multiple injuries after plunging into a ravine on the Tour of Lombardy one-day classic won by Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark. Race favorite Evenepoel, 20, lost control on a descent leading to the finish at Lake Como, hitting a bridge wall and plunging six meters into a ravine. Evenepoel had won stages this season in the Tour de San Juan, Tour of the Algarve, Tour de Burgos and the Tour of Poland. Fuglsang, 35, finished the 231-kilometer race from Bergamo to Como well clear of New Zealander George Bennett.

Source: The Standard August 16, 2020 19:07 UTC