Fortunately, Cavendish is doing much better at the moment and he took to social media to keep his fans informed about his condition.
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Mark Cavendish, the British cycling legend, is recovering from broken ribs and a collapsed lung sustained in a crash during the Six Days of Ghent track meeting in Belgium. On Sunday (local time), Cavendish was riding in the Madison when he was involved in a crash with Olympic and world champion Lasse Norman Hansen.
“Examinations showed that Mark has suffered two broken ribs on this left side and has a small pneumothorax (collapsed lung), both of which have been treated with medication,” Cavendish’s road team Deceuninck Quick-Step said in a statement.
“He has been kept in the hospital for observation. It is expected that Mark will be discharged either later today or tomorrow morning, and will then undergo a period of recuperation,” it added.
Fortunately, Cavendish is doing much better at the moment and he took to social media to keep his fans informed about his condition. The Brit said that he was thankful for the well wishes and support that have come his way and that he should be alright after spending a couple more nights at the hospital.
This year, the 36-year-old made a remarkable comeback, winning the Tour de France’s points classification for the second time in his career. He won four stages, tying Belgian legend Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 victories.
Cavendish, who was born on the Isle of Man, has also won the Giro d’Italia (2013) and Vuelta a Espana (2010), as well as victories at the World Road Race Championships (2011) and the prestigious Milan-San Remo (2009). Cavendish won silver in the omnium at the 2016 Rio Olympics, as well as three world championships in the Madison.
