Dario Cataldo will endure surgical procedure to repair a damaged femur suffered in a high-speed crash in the course of the last kilometres of stage 1 of the Volta a Catalunya, Trek-Segafredo introduced on Monday.
Cataldo was among the many worst off within the crash that took down a number of riders together with Adam Yates (UAE Workforce Emirates), Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ), Chris Hamilton (Workforce DSM), and Kristian Sbaragli (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
Trek-Segafredo issued an announcement itemizing a fractured left femoral head and proper hip fracture, together with two spinal fractures that luckily didn’t have a neurological influence.
Along with these critical accidents, Cataldo additionally suffered a number of damaged ribs, a collapsed lung and a damaged left collarbone.
The 38-year-old is acutely aware and steady and is because of be transferred from the native hospital to Girona, the place he’ll endure surgical procedure to repair the fracture to his left femur.
A winner of phases of the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana, Cataldo is a key climbing domestique for the workforce, having raced 25 Grand Excursions. He helped teammate Giulio Ciccone to a high 5 in Tirreno-Adriatico, and accomplished Milan-San Remo on Sunday.
Though Cataldo is on the tail finish of his profession, he has a contract with Trek-Segafredo by means of 2024 however faces a protracted restoration from his accidents.
