Guillaume Boivin sidelined with fractured knee from collision with race vehicle

On Sunday, Guillaume Boivin of the Israel Cycling Academy fractured his knee in a crash at the 196-km Elfstedenronde race in Brugge, Belgium. The Canadian will be sidelined for weeks with the injury.

Boivin was coming back after taking a bathroom break on the side of the road. He was coming back towards the peloton when the race caravan suddenly slowed. Boivin collided with a car and was taken to hospital where X-rays confirmed the fracture to his tibial plateau.

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So this is the battle I will be facing over the next few weeks. From what I can remember the caravan stop suddenly as I was coming back from a nature brake. I didn’t have much time to react and my left knee collided with a car which cause a fracture to my tibial plateau. As you can see on the picture, the fracture required surgery to stabilize the break. I will fly home to Canada in a couple days and I will start rehab as soon as possible. It’s always a scary thing to suffer an injury of this magnitude. According to the doctors at the Roeselare hospital I was fairly lucky with the fracture and full recovery is expected. Big thank you to the hospital staff for taking care of me and thanks to the whole @israelcyclingacademy for the amazing support in this difficult time. I will fight to comeback stronger than ever! Thanks for all the messages G #rehab #fight #yallaacademy #wolverine #letsdoit

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“From what I can remember the caravan stop suddenly as I was coming back from a nature brake,” he recalled in an Instagram post. “I didn’t have much time to react and my left knee collided with a car which caused a fracture to my tibial plateau.”

Photos of the X-ray post-surgery show two screws and a plate stabilizing the broken bone in Boivin’s knee.

As a result, Boivin will miss the next portion of his season. The 2015 Canadian champion will be unable to contest the championships on Saturday in Saguenay, Que.

“I will fly home to Canada in a couple days and I will start rehab as soon as possible,” Boivin wrote about his path to recovery. “It’s always a scary thing to suffer an injury of this magnitude. According to the doctors at the Roeselare hospital I was fairly lucky with the fracture and full recovery is expected.”

Boivin raced the Giro d’Italia and has had a very big season so far with over 60 race days in 2018.