A gust of wind while driving at high speed inside the Teide National Park has caused the fall, and in turn a serious injury to Alexey Lutsenkoone of the Astana team leaders, who was concentrating on Tenerife preparing the spring classics.
The misfortune for the Kazakh cyclist occurred this past Saturday the 26th, when in the final part of his training, together with his partner Samuele Battistella, and after tracing a curve to the right, Lutsenko lost control of his bicycle, going to the ground, hitting him with the left part of his body and even being run over by his companion. Although at first Alexey hurt his hip, finally the worst part of him was his left clavicle and shoulder, both billed.
Attended by members of the Red Cross, Lutsenko was taken to a hospital, where his injury was confirmed. Already on Sunday, the Astana runner was discharged and traveled to Belgium, where he has been iSurgically intervened.
Lutsenko, a regular in Tenerife in recent years (both for his training sessions and for his vacations, to the point that he spent the last year-end on the Island, and with his family), wanted to have a detail with the health workers who helped him at firstto whom he gave a jersey from his team.
“It’s cycling, sometimes you fall, sometimes you win. As a result, a broken clavicle. It’s a shame to miss important races again. I’m sure I’ll come back stronger”, published Alexey, who will miss all the spring classics (including the Tour of Flanders), one of his big goals for the season. “It was really being an easy day, we stopped for coffee and we were happy with the weather… until a strong gust of wind knocked it over. I’m sure he’ll come back stronger, “Samuel Battistella has also published on his networks.
If your recovery is going in the right time, Lutsenko should arrive in time to lead Astana in the Tour de France, a test in which last year he already achieved a surprising seventh place. An improvement as a Vueltomaniac and progress in the time trials, as the runner himself has acknowledged, which have a lot to do with his work in the Mount Teideespecially with the time trial ‘goat’.
