Breschel to return home

Team CSC's Matti Breschel was transferred from the hospital in Torhout to Oudenaarde mid last week, where he started mild rehabilitation exercise. The injuries the young Dane suffered turned out to be more serious than initially thought: After his crash in the last stage of the Three Days of West-Flanders, Breschel had been confined to his hospital bed most of the time. Teh CSC rider is now allowed to head back home tomorrow, Wednesday, but he will be wearing a special harness to protect his torso.

"At times I feel really good - guess that is when I've been given a fresh batch of painkillers," he said jokingly. "I get up and move around more easily then. My mum even took me out for a breath of fresh air yesterday. I've got to say it's a special experience to be in a wheelchair. Seeing the cobbled streets normally gives me a real buzz and then I can't wait to get on the bike and ride them; but now I had complete different feelings!"

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