Chloé Dygert says she will struggle with 2020 leg injury 'for the rest of my life'

Chloe Dygert on the podium at the RideLondon Classique
Chloe Dygert on the podium at the RideLondon Classique (Image credit: Getty Images)

Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) has excelled since returning to road racing following her horrific injury and bout with illness but believes the lingering effects of that leg laceration sustained at the 2020 World Championships are something she will have to live with for the rest of her career.

The former World Time Trial Champion is no stranger to sustained suffering, but that pain threshold is now tested more than ever post-race due to the severity of the injury and the subsequent surgeries she needed to remove scar tissue.

James Moultrie
News Writer

James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.