italian cyclist dario cataldoThe 38-year-old fell hard with five kilometers to finish the first stage of Volta, won by Slovenian runner Primoz Roglic. The accident occurred while the peloton was launching and preparing positions to face the arrival at Sant Feliu de Guíxols. The fall occurred on a street in Platja d’Aro.
cataldoA former member of the Movistar team, he crashed into the pavement and sustained multiple fractures to his body as a result of the impact. Left femoral head, ball and socket joint of the right hip, two lumbar vertebrae that did not receive neurological impact, multiple ribs and left collarbone were fractured. He also suffered a bilateral pneumothorax as a result of the enormous blow he received. His team, Trek, said in a statement that the runner was conscious and “hemodynamically” stable.
had surgery
He was transferred by ambulance to the Josep Trueta hospital in Girona. Alex Flor Costaexactly one of the Volta doctors who saved the life of another Italian cyclist, Sonny Colbrelli, after suffering a heart attack as he crossed the finish line, again at Sant Feliu de Guíxols, last year.
cataldo She will have surgery to try to repair the fracture that occurred in her thighbone. The British were also involved in the same accident. man yatesReaching the finish line more than ten minutes late, Volta is the winner of 2021.