2023-05-18 17:44:24
Arnaud De Lie (in the background). Vincent Kalut / PANORAMIC
After his fall, the young Belgian was repatriated to Belgium where he will remain hospitalized for some time.
Seriously injured Tuesday on the Four Days of Dunkirk, Arnaud De Lie, the new nugget of Belgian cycling, was repatriated Thursday to Belgium where he will remain hospitalized with several fractures, announced his Lotto team.
The young Walloon, 21, suffers from a pneumothorax and fractures to his left collarbone, a rib and the upper part of his sternum after a fall during the first stage on Tuesday in northern France.
«After two nights in hospital in France, Arnaud is transferred today to Belgium where he will remain hospitalized and where a decision will be taken on the date of the operation. It is too early to comment on his return to competition.“, underlined the Belgian team.
Son of farmers, De Lie is the new phenomenon of Belgian cycling. Nicknamed the “Taureau de Lescheret“, because of his size as a mover and his village of origin in the province of Luxembourg in the south-east of the country, he has already raised his arms four times in 2023.
SEE ALSO – “We look like a great club”, assures Pep Guardiola after City’s qualification for the C1 final
#Arnaud #Lie #repatriated #Belgium #fractures