Koen de Kort has three fingers amputated in emergency surgery

Koen De Kort (Trek-Segafredo) at the Tour de France
Koen De Kort (Trek-Segafredo) at the Tour de France (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Trek-Segafredo’s Koen de Kort suffered serious damage to his right hand in an off-road vehicular accident in the Pyreenes area of northern Spain Thursday which resulted in the amputation of three fingers.

"Unfortunately, Koen has lost the third, fourth, and fifth finger of his right hand. The amputation has been total removal," explained Trek-Segafredo physician Dr. Manuel Rodríguez Alonso in a team statement.

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