Colbrelli suffers minor injury in car accident

Manama : Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling team member Sonny Colbrelli during training was involved in a minor car accident.

The Italian rider suffered a number of bruises on the left side and a right big toe contusion.

“It really hurts, but on Sunday I will be certainly at the start of the Ronde van Vlaanderen despite the accident,” said Colbrelli prior to his departure for Belgium.

He added, “I was training behind the car that suddenly had to brake to avoid another car ahead. I could not stop in time and in the crash I was hooked to the bumper. The car dragged me for about ten meters and then I managed to free myself.”

“He broke part of the nail - explains Dr. Carlo Gurdascione - and it’s obviously painful. Most likely we will have to cut off the shoe to allow the athlete to decompress the part that hurts.”2