Sergio Higuita faces a month out of motion after struggling a couple of fractures in a coaching crash on Thursday. He sustained fractures in his forearm, together with the radius and ulna bones of his proper arm and bruises on his left knee and left shoulder.
As well as, stitches have been carried out to a minimize on his proper shin and higher lip.
”The previous day, all through an extended coaching consultation, after driving for approximately 4 and a part hours, a heavy downpour began. I used to be looking for a spot to forestall and look ahead to the rain to go, however someday, I misplaced keep watch over of my motorcycle and fell at the slippery street. It was once an overly dangerous crash,” Higuita stated in a crew liberate.
“Today, I underwent surgery on my right arm, where I have a fracture. The estimated recovery time is about a month.”
The Colombian climber joined the XDS-Astana in 2025 for a two-year contract, because the crew is at the hunt for UCI score issues in 2025 to make sure the crew keeps its WorldTour position for 2026-2028.
The switch to a brand new crew was once made after a three-year stint with Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe the place he claimed level wins on the Excursion de Romandie, Excursion de Pologne and Itzulia Basque Nation along with taking the whole name on the 2022 Volta a Catalunya.
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This yr he began with the early season races in Australia – the Villawood Males’s Vintage, the Excursion Down Underneath, the Surf Coast Vintage and the Cadel Evans Highway Race. Then sickness struck on the UAE Excursion when he didn’t get started the 5th and ultimate level of the WorldTour race.
