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Spanish cyclist Guardeno airlifted to intensive care after crash with car

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 383 words · By AFP; Reuters
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What to know about Spanish cyclist Guardeno airlifted to intensive care after crash with car

Spanish cyclist Guardeno airlifted to intensive care after crash with car A week after 23-year-old’s participation in the Tour of Catalonia, Guardeno suffers head injuries in collision with car.

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What happened

Spanish cyclist Guardeno airlifted to intensive care after crash with car A week after 23-year-old’s participation in the Tour of Catalonia, Guardeno suffers head injuries in collision with car.

Why it matters

Spanish cyclist Jaume Guardeno suffered a serious injury in a training crash and is receiving intensive care treatment in hospital, his team Caja Rural-RGA said.

Common ground

“Guardeno suffered a fall last Tuesday while training after his participation in the Tour of Catalonia, which resulted in a collision with a vehicle, resulting in serious injury,” said the team in a statement on Thursday.

Perspective signals

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Claim 1: “Spanish media reported that he suffered a head injury after losing control of his bike when he rode over a stone and collided with a car”
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Claim 2: “The promising 23-year-old finished 29th in the Tour of Catalonia last week and 14th in last year’s Vuelta a Espana Grand Tour”
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Claim 3: “Spanish cyclist Guardeno airlifted to intensive care after crash with car”
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Claim 4: “A week after 23-year-old’s participation in the Tour of Catalonia, Guardeno suffers head injuries in collision with car”
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Claim 5: “He was taken by helicopter to Hospital Tauli in Sabadell, where he is in the ICU with serious injuries and under observation”
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Claim 6: “Carapaz, who took gold in the road race at the Tokyo Olympics, missed the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana due to illness last year”
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Claim 7: “Guardeno suffered a fall last Tuesday while training after his participation in the Tour of Catalonia, which resulted in a collision with a vehicle, resulting in serious injury”
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Claim 8: “Spanish cyclist Jaume Guardeno suffered a serious injury in a training crash and is receiving intensive care treatment in hospital, his team Caja Rural-RGA said”
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Claim 9: “Carapaz undergoes perineal surgery”
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