“Falls are just part of cycling,” Cavendish says. “But this was a freak accident. You know the dangers when you start a race. Only: water on a slope that causes a chain reaction… No, that’s not something you take into account. I knew right away, even before I stopped rolling, that my ribs had been hit. I heard them… Just after my fall I immediately thought of my wife and children, who were present. I wanted to let them know as soon as possible.”
Cavendish was taken to hospital, where he stayed for several days. ,,I had broken three ribs. Not the first time in my career. It takes quite a while for them to heal. It is painful. I also suffered a collapsed lung. That was initially not visible on an X-ray, but the CT scan showed it.”
Cavendish is now recovering at home. It will be a few more weeks before he can get back on his bike. His crash came at a bad time, as he was about to sign a new contract with Patrick Lefevere’s team. He already promised not to drop ‘Cav’.
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