The professional cyclist Ibai Azurmendi (Euskaltel) He was injured when he collided with a roe deer and fell while training this Tuesday in the port of Uitzi and had to be evacuated by helicopter to the University Hospital of Navarra.
The accident occurred around 12:30 p.m. while the cyclist was training on the NA-1700, reports the Provincial Government, indicating that a person has found the cyclist on the road and has alerted the emergency services. A medical team from Leitza has come to the scene, requesting the presence of the medicalized helicopter for its transfer to the hospital, as well as members of the Foral Police.
Ibai Azurmendi (#EuskaltelEuskadi) had an accident coming down from the Uitzi peak while training this morning. Despite the initial scare, everything remains in a clavicle fracture and multiple blows throughout the body.
Good luck Foal! pic.twitter.com/MsItHS4uAu
— Euskaltel Euskadi Team (@euskaltelteam) May 31, 2022
From his team, they have indicated to Efe that the cyclist was going down at high speed through the port when the roe deer with which it has hit “quite hard” has appeared. “It has been a major scare, very cumbersome,” they have acknowledged. The cyclist, who was scheduled to race in Italy this Saturday, has suffered multiple injuries and a clavicle fracture