Cycling: Eisel injured in a horror fall:”I’m glad I survived”.

Professional cyclist Bernhard Eisel will probably be absent for several weeks due to fall injuries. On Sunday, the Styrian had suffered considerable facial bruises in the stage race Tirreno-Adriatico, which had to be sewn in the hospital in Ancona. His right wrist was further examined on Monday and fractures are to be feared.

Eisel was heavily drawn with stitches on his nose, lip and the rest of his face. However, the 37-year-old was also relieved not to have been injured more badly in the collision with a team car and the subsequent impact.

“I’m not feeling well right now. It was a massive fall. I’m glad it turned out that way. It doesn’t look so good right now, my face has seen better days. To be honest, I’m very happy to have survived,”said Eisel in an audio message distributed by his Team Dimension Data on Monday.

The experienced driver took the blame for the accident on himself that the driver should not be accused of anything, emphasized the electoral Carinthian. I hope that things will continue and that I will soon be back on the bike and racing again “It remains to be seen whether this will happen in the rest of the classic season.

With Mark Cavendish, the South African team had already suffered a loss in the first Tirreno stage. The sprinter suffered a broken rib in his second serious fall of the season.