Fran Pérez breaks bones

By Antonio J. Salmerón

Francisco Pérez has suffered a cycling accident. The Spanish Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears rider fractured his collarbone and three ribs while training on his mountainbike in the Carrascoy mountain, near Murcia, where he lives. Pérez was riding in company of Luis León Sánchez (Astana), who immediately called for emergency assistance. The Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears rider lost the control of his bike while riding downhill at great speed.