Boonen crashes out of Abu Dhabi Tour
Belgian suffers head trauma in mid-race crash





168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Boonen crashed out of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Abu Dhabi Tour mid-way through stage 2, suffering a head trauma after landinꦅg on his left side. Immediate hospital examination of Boonen underlined a left temporal bone fracture, according to an Etixx-QuickStep press release.
"We were sc﷽ared because we saw he was not conscious for a bit and then there was some blood on the road. It came fr𓂃om his ear. It was not from his brain but from his fracture," Etixx-QuickStep team manager Patrick Lefevere said.
The Etixx-QuickStep rider went down hard, with Theo Bos and Songezo Jim (MTN-Qhubeka) also crashing, just after the first intermediate sprint and 55km of racing. Jim suggested that the crash happened because Bos hit something in the road.💝 Other sources said Boonen was the first to crash.
Boonen lay on the ground with his legs entangled in his bike for several minutes, while🥃 race doctors evaluated injuries. He eventually sat up and was carefully put on a stretcher, loaded into an ambulance and taken to hospital for checks and treatment. He had cuts near his ear and on his head, with othe꧂r abrasions on his left side.
Initially, race doctor told journalists at the race that Boonen lost consciousness for a few seconds but soon sat up. He asked f🅠or his bike but doctors decided to take him to hospitaܫl.
"It does not seem to be serious but we have to be sure. He was sent to hospital for a proper examination and🉐 hopefully he will be okay," the official race doctor Christos Karavolias said, who is assisted at the Abu Dubai Tour by experienced Italian race 🐭doctor Stefano Tredici.
"He had some scratches on the side of his head. It was not severe and was not from his ear it was from outsid🧔e. We will be say more after we have seen the patient."
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Tredici explained that Boonen was able to answer questions but was a little dizzy af🌄ter the 🌃crash.
"He told me he couldn’t rememb♛er what happened but was able to answer my questions. That’s a good sign. He was just dizzy," Tredici said.
Boonen's team later stated🌄 he was lucid in the hospital, but would remain overnight for observation. Bos was also taken to hospit🤡al for stitches on an arm injury.

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