Italian cyclist Lorenzo Gobbo, 17, was competing in a bike race in Belgium when he was impaled by a piece of wooden track. Gobbo was rushed to a hospital where he is in intensive care.
It is being reported, that his lung was punctured as well as his thigh. The wooden spike was raised when a pedal hit the track during a collision between riders.
Thankfully Gobbo is expected to make a full recovery.
The chief executive of Cycling Vlaanderen, who organised the event, Frank Glorieux, confirmed Gobbo is recovering well.
Spaventoso incidente agli #Europei #pista per Lorenzo #Gobbo, trafitto al polmone. Tre ore di intervento è fuori pericolohttps://t.co/52kK3eaOq4 pic.twitter.com/K4WKyOm58Z
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