Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen returned to the hospital in Verona last week to follow-up on a plate that had been inserted in his femur last October following a crash while racing. Doctors removed the screws and metallic support from the 33 year-old, who had to remain in the hospital for three days.
"I went to the hospital last Thursday to have the metal plate removed," he noted on Feltet.dk. It "was inserted last year after my crash at the Giro dell'Emilia. It took a bit longer to recover than expected. They [the doctors - ed.] had underestimated the size of the screws, so there were some internal bleeding. But they have now abated so much that I was able to return home on Monday. I am already walking without crutches and feel the leg becoming stronger each day.
