'Helmet saved me from serious head trauma' - Mattias Skjelmose resumes training just days after heavy Paris-Nice crash
'Thankfully, there’s an inc𒁃reased focus on sa♔fety in modern cycling' says Dane, with scheduled race program unaffected

Just three days after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:crashing heavily out of Paris-Nice, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) resumed training indoors hꦛaving avoided serious injury, with his upcoming altitude camp and scheduled race program for spring unaffected.
Skjelmose crashed hard onto his right side during the shortened seventh stage at the Race to the Sun, after colliding with a low divider kerb in the middle of the road. He was left lying on the wet road and writhing in pain, fꦚorced to abandon when he was looking poised for a podium finish overall, having started the penultimate day in third place on GC.
It looked as though a more serious hip, knee or elbow injury had been sustained but updates from Lidl-Trek and Skjelmose himself ruled that out after the Dane's visit to the hospital. Finally, stitches to his arm and a check-over of his back were all that w🎉as needed.
"After having my back examined by specialists here in Andorra, I have been cleared to resume my training again," said Sꦯkjelmose.
Despite the 🐈more visible contact being made to his hip, knee and elbow, Skjelmose also highlighted the importance of his helmet i💯n saving him from anything more catastrophic, with his head also hitting the ground in the crash.
"Thankfully, there’s an increased focus on safety in modern cycling, because that helmet really saved me from gettin𝔍g a serious head trauma," continued Skjelmose.
"I feel blessed not to have gotten w✅orse ༺injuries."
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Skjelmose will now look to re-find his best form for♓ the summer, with a focus on leading Lidl-trek's GC ambitions at the Tour de France, but aꦫlso for the trio of Ardennes Classics, after making his return at País Vasco on April 7.
"Now I will go to altitude training camp and continue my race program🅺 as planned," said Skjelmose. "See you in Itzulia Basque Country."
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Jamꦗes Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally c♎ontributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.
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