For almost two weeks, Yvan Vanmol, the training doctor Deceuninck-Quick Step is on all fronts. At the beginning of the month, Yvan Vanmol had to take care of Fabio Jakobsen. From now on, he must regularly check in with Remco Evenepoel, victim of a very big fall this Saturday on the Tower of Lombardy. The European time trial champion suffers from a broken pelvis. A serious injury that put an end to the young Belgian’s season.
Video – Evenepoel’s message from his hospital bed in Belgium!
However, the 20-year-old runner will not be operated on. This is training Deceuninck-Quick Step announcing this news this Tuesday afternoon on their twitter account: “Additional examinations at Saint-Elisabeth Hospital in Herentals did not reveal any new elements. As had been suggested, Remco Evenepoel will not need to undergo surgery for his pelvic fractures. Remco will need to rest as much as possible for his broken bones to heal. “
We have a new update on @EvenepoelRemco’s condition.#TheWolfpackNeverGivesUp pic.twitter.com/kXJWDE7kZM
– Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) August 18, 2020
“We will do our best to make me even a better runner when I come back”
A little earlier in the day, Remco Evenepoel, back in Belgium after his fall, sent a message via his team’s Twitter account to thank his fans. “Hi everyone, this is Remco! I just want to say that I am doing very well at the moment. My transfer to Belgium went well. I want to thank everyone who has helped and supported me since my accident and still today, as well as to all the fans. Unfortunately, this season is over. But we are in no hurry. We have plenty of time to plan my return, both physically and globally. There were too many messages to answer everyone, but I took care to read them all. Your support has touched me immensely and will help me move forward.
“The team and I are all thinking positively. We are already looking forward to next season and will do our utmost to make me even a better rider when I come back. As I said before, we are in no hurry and we will do it slowly and calmly pto come back stronger than ever. The Wolfpack never gives up. “
Back in Belgium after his crash at Il Lombardia, @EvenepoelRemco had a message from the hospital for all those who sent him good vibes in the last couple of days.#TheWolfpackNeverGivesUp pic.twitter.com/NLMa2eqW6N
– Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) August 17, 2020
Yvan Vanmol: “Remco Evenepoel is suffering a lot at the moment”
Yvan Vanmol returned for his part to the convalescence of the wonder of Deceuninck-Quick Step. “It made sense for Remco to be disillusioned. He’s in a lot of pain right now, and he’s sure to stay that way for three or four days. He must tell himself that he will not feel the pain until after fourteen days, three weeks. He still has a lot of pain in his legs and feet, which have absorbed the shock.“, explains the Belgian training doctor at the RTBF.
Yvan Vanmol is reassuring for the rest of the career of Remco Evenepoel who is due to be repatriated to Belgium very soon. “He will be ‘the young’ again. This is what we assume. A broken pelvis is a serious injury, but if there is no movement, it will heal well. A hip fracture or a spinal fracture is much worse than a pelvic fracture “, he says.
Yvan Vanmol: “Fabio Jakobsen evolves very well “
The training doctor Deceuninck-Quick Step also took stock of the state of health of Fabio Jakobsen, fell on the Tour of Poland. The Dutch champion is getting better and better according to Yvan Vanmol. “We saw two miracles in a week. When you see Remco flying over the parapet, see how deep the ditch is, and a boulder was eighty inches away, then you think he was very lucky. Just like Fabio, who is being rehabilitated in a Dutch hospital. And he is evolving well. Very good, actually ” he concludes.
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