Michael Matthews is certainly not experiencing a fortunate end to his career. After being forced to miss half of last season due to a pulmonary embolism, the Jayco AlUla Australian rider had returned to racing, winning the GP Castellon Ruta de la Ceramica in January, and was preparing for the spring classics campaign but...
Today Matthews was involved in a training crash - essentially the final preparation ahead of Paris-Nice which starts on Sunday - and was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a fracture to both wrists. Goodbye Milan-San Remo, one of his favorite races, goodbye spring classics. In the coming days we will learn more precisely what recovery program awaits the thirty-five-year-old Australian rider.