Hand Fracture For Horner in Tour of Spain / Vinokourov Continues After Crash
LIEGE SEPTEMBER 1st – Team Astana’s Chris Horner broke his left hand in the high-speed massive crash in the 4th stage of the Tour of Spain. Besides the undisplaced fracture of the left metacarpal IV Horner was further diagnosed in the Citadelle Hospital of Liège with a hematoma of the right hip and a deep cut in the upper lip. Horner is unable to continue racing in the Tour of Spain and returns to the United States on Wednesday morning. Earlier in the season he fractured his collar bone and a rib in the Tour of the Basque Country (April 9th) and his left leg in the Tour of Italy (May 19th).
Audio interview with Chris Horner on the crash and his unlucky season.
In addition, Assan Bazayev and Alexandr Vinokourov were involved in the crash. A cut in Vinokourov’s left elbow had to be stitched with five sutures. He further suffered scars and bruises upon the left hip but will be able to start in the fifth Vuelta stage from Tarragona to Vinaròs.
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