A massive hail storm hit yesterday during Stage 2 of the Criterium du Dauphine in the Chartreuse Mountains of France. 31-year-old Belgian cyclist, Tim Declercq, suffered an absolute wailing to his back and took to social media to share pictures of his injuries:
😳😳😳
📹 @delaparte86 from the safety of the team car 😅🙈 pic.twitter.com/xe2hgqSX8v
— Intermarché-Circus-Wanty (@IntermarcheCW) August 13, 2020
Thankfully he’s a quick healer and has a sense of humor about the situation:
“As if le Dauphine was not painful enough for the legs.”