Lukas Nerurkar Faces Tough Setback with Broken Jaw and Concussion in Trofeo Laigueglia Crash

Lukas Nerurkar was once pressured to desert Trofeo Laigueglia on Wednesday after being serious about a crash, along with his EF Schooling-EasyPost staff pronouncing after scientific tests that the 21-year-old Briton had a damaged jaw and concussion.

“He has been discharged from the hospital and will travel back to Girona where he will undergo surgery in the next few days,” EF Schooling-EasyPost stated in a scientific replace on social media.

In conjunction with his EF Schooling-EasyPost teammates, Nerurkar was once on the entrance of the peloton, environment a pace on a undertaking to catch the damage when he went down, within 70 kilometres to move within the 190.7km one-day race.

Nerurkar began with the early season races in Australia – the Villawood Males’s Vintage, the Excursion Down Underneath –the place he completed fourth in the most efficient younger rider classification – the Surf Coast Vintage and the Cadel Evans Highway Race.

Trofeo Laigueglia was once Nerurkar’s go back following a damage after that block of racing, and he was once then anticipated to take at the seven-stage Tirreno-Adriatico which begins on Monday.

The plans for the rider who could make his mark on punchy climbs, alternatively, will now must be reshuffled, with the staff now not but handing over any indication of ways lengthy Nerurkar shall be at the sidelines for.

It’s Nerurkar’s 2nd yr as a certified with EF Schooling-EasyPost, with the rider who excels at the punchy climbs, claimed his first victory with the staff in 2024 on the Excursion de Kyushu Kokura Fortress Criterium. Later that week he additionally secured 2nd position within the general standings on the Excursion de Kyushu.

Sooner than turning skilled, as a U23 racer in 2023, he gained a degree on the Giro Subsequent Gen and the Orlen International locations Grand Prix. He additionally completed 6th general and earned the Best possible Younger Rider name at Spain’s 2.1 ranked O Gran Camiño.

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