Démare breaks wrist in training crash

Groupama-FDJ's Arnaud Démare in action at the 2019 Giro d'Italia
Groupama-FDJ's Arnaud Démare in action at the 2019 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Groupama-FDJ sprinter Arnaud Démare has broken his wrist after crashing during a mountain-bike training accident, although the Frenchman is reportedly only set to be off the bike for up to two weeks.

According to L'Equipe, Démare fell while out riding near to his home in the Picardy region of northern France last week, breaking the scaphoid bone in his left wrist, and has been told that he won't be able to ride outside again for between one and two weeks.

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