The Italian Debora Silvestri, despite herself, occupied the news of the legendary Milan-San Remo race as much as Tadej Pogacar on Saturday. The 27-year-old runner was indeed the victim of a terrible fall which made people fear the worst. On social networks, the video of his accident over a guardrail, on the descent of the Cipressa (18 km from the finish) went viral.
Debora Silvestri was descending at high speed when she collided with a group of competitors who had fallen in front of her, before finding herself a few meters lower on a tarmac path. Remaining motionless – although conscious, for long seconds, the Italian was taken care of by the race’s emergency medical services. Transported to a hospital to undergo examinations, she wanted to reassure everyone on her Instagram account on Saturday evening.
Also “a microfracture in the scapula”
“This is certainly not the ending that I had imagined,” she first announces in this message, before saying more about the physical consequences of this fall. “I’m doing pretty well, despite five broken ribs and a microfracture in my shoulder blade. It could have been much worse. »
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We readily believe her, given the images that still send shivers down our spines this Sunday, during this race won by the Belgian Lotte Kopecky. The Laboral Kutxa team rider concludes: “A little recovery now, but don’t worry, I’ll be back soon.”
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