Nacer Bouhanni suffers concussion in training crash

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Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) at the 2021 Tour de la Provence (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Arkéa-Samsic sprinter Nacer Bouhanni has suffered a concussion having crashed during a training ride at the team's pre-season camp in Spain.

The French team announced that Bouhanni had fallen yesterday and suffered a "slight loss of consciousness". He was taken to hospital in Benidorm where he received stitches to his eyebrow and underwent further tests.

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