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Geerike Schreurs has surgery after crash fractures two vertebrae
Dutch rider Geerike Schreurs suffered fractures in her neck and back in a crash at the UCI Gravel World Championships.
She broke two vertebrae and underwent surgery.
The crash happened with just over 70 kilometres left in the 125.6-kilometre race.
Schreurs was part of a chase group behind race leader Tiffany Cromwell.
South African rider Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio also fell in the crash.
The injuries were serious enough to require surgery, but no further details about Schreurs’s condition or recovery are given.
Geerike Schreurs underwent surgery after a crash at the UCI Gravel World Championships left her with fractures in her neck and back.
The Dutch rider crashed with just over 70km remaining in the 125.6km race.
She fell from a chase group behind then-race leader Tiffany Cromwell.
South Africa’s Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio also fell in the crash.
- Who
- Dutch rider Geerike Schreurs was injured; South Africa’s Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio also fell.
- What
- Schreurs underwent surgery after fracturing vertebrae in her neck and back in a crash.
- When
- At the weekend, during the UCI Gravel World Championships.
- Where
- At the UCI Gravel World Championships; the specific location is not stated.
- Why
- Not stated
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Schreurs crashed with just over 70km remaining in the 125.6km UCI Gravel World Championships race.
Schreurs underwent surgery for fractures in her neck and back.
- Injured rider
- Geerike Schreurs
- Injuries
- Fractures to vertebrae in her neck and back
- Race distance
- 125.6km
- Distance remaining at crash
- Just over 70km
- Other rider who fell
- Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
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